Chelsea Pensioners reading the gazette of the Battle of Waterloo (after Sir David Wilkie RA)
John Burnet (Musselburgh 1784 - Stoke Newington 1868)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1831
Materials
Engraving on paper, on a wooden strainer in a glazed wooden frame with a gilt slip
Measurements
740 x 975 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 500066.1
Summary
Print, engraving, Chelsea Pensioners reading the gazette of the Battle of Waterloo (after Sir David Wilkie RA) by John Burnet (Musselburgh 1784 – Stoke Newington 1868). depicting an outdoor street scene with central group of men sitting around a table and reading a paper (the gazette of the Battle of Waterloo). Surrounding them are a man on horseback, people seated and standing to the right; all are looking at the men around the table. Houses alongside and trees in background. Inscribed with 'CHELSEA PENSIONERS READING THE GAZETTE OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO'.
Marks and inscriptions
London Published Sep[.t] 10 1831 by Moon Boys and Graves Printsellers to the King 6 Pall Mall / (printed under image under inscription above)
Makers and roles
John Burnet (Musselburgh 1784 - Stoke Newington 1868), engraver (printmaker) after Sir David Wilkie, RA (Cults 1785 - Malta 1841), artist