An illustration to the song 'by mr. Dibdin' which is engraved beneath the title. The old pensioner with a wooden leg, a pipe in his left hand, a cudgel under his left arm, stands, directed to the left, pointing across the thames at the river front of greenwich hospital, but looking towards the spectator. The stern of a ship with partly furled sails is visible on the left. The song ends:
'altho i'm quite disabled
and lie in greenwich tier,
the king, god bless his royalty,
who saved me from the main,
i'll praise with love and loyalty,
but ne'er to sea again. ' c. 1790
hand-coloured mezzotint. Date: between 1790 and 1791. Dimensions: Height: 350 mm; Width: 250 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: George III, King of the United Kingdom. Collection: British Museum. The Greenwich Pensioner (BM 1935,0522.1.35)
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