Greenwich Pensioners Commemorating the Battle of Trafalgar
John Burnet (Musselburgh 1784 - Stoke Newington 1868)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1836
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
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 500066.2
Summary
An engraving showing Greenwich Pensioners Commemorating the Battle of Trafalgar by John Burnet (Musselburgh 1784 – Stoke Newington 1868); a central group of men is seated around a table in Greenwich Park, talking, eating and drinking. Next to them, a female holds a picture of Nelson, and to the right a group of onlookers stand; one of them is a man with his hat raised above his head. The Greenwich Royal Naval College can be seen in the background.
Provenance
The Stamford collection, devised to The National Trust by Roger, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896 - 1976)
Marks and inscriptions
DUN/D/392 (black pen on reverse of frame)
Makers and roles
John Burnet (Musselburgh 1784 - Stoke Newington 1868), engraver (printmaker)