Chelsea Pensioners. Cavalry & Infantry.
C.H.S. Aquatinted by I.C.Stadler.
London Pub.d Nov.r 1.st 1814 by Colnaghi & Co. 23 Cockspur Street.
Aquatint with very fine hand-colour. 315 x 255mm (12½ x 10").
Exterior scene in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in which two Chelsea Pensioners stand in conversation and a third watches from a bench. The figure on the left with a barrel on his back and a stick in his hand, represents a pensioner who served in the cavalry, while the figure on the right with a wooden leg represents an ex-infantryman. From "Costumes of the Army of the British Empire, according to the last regulations 1814" by Charles Hamilton Smith.
[Ref: 19211] £160.00
London Pub.d Nov.r 1.st 1814 by Colnaghi & Co. 23 Cockspur Street.
Aquatint with very fine hand-colour. 315 x 255mm (12½ x 10").
Exterior scene in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in which two Chelsea Pensioners stand in conversation and a third watches from a bench. The figure on the left with a barrel on his back and a stick in his hand, represents a pensioner who served in the cavalry, while the figure on the right with a wooden leg represents an ex-infantryman. From "Costumes of the Army of the British Empire, according to the last regulations 1814" by Charles Hamilton Smith.
[Ref: 19211] £160.00