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A group of Greenwich Pensioners and others are assembled on the hill overlooking Greenwich Hospital in the direction of the Thames, on the anniversary of Nelson’s victory at the Battle of Trafalgar. Burnet made oil studies of the heads of nine Greenwich Pensioners, several of whom maybe tentatively identified with the figures in the finished picture. These are, from left to right: Handyson (extreme left),Tom Allen (between the women’s arms), Joe Brown (carrying the child), Joe Miller (centre under the raised hat) and Sam Wilks (extreme right of central group).

English Heritage, The Wellington Collection, Apsley House

London

Title

The Greenwich Pensioners Commemorating Trafalgar

Date

c.1835–1838

Medium

oil on panel

Measurements

H 97 x W 153 cm

Accession number

WM.1556-1948

Acquisition method

management transferred from the Victoria and Albert Museum to English Heritage, 2004

Work type

Painting

English Heritage, The Wellington Collection, Apsley House

149 Piccadilly, Hyde Park Corner, London, Greater London W1J 7NT England

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Artist or maker

John Burnet

1784–1868

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