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1. Royal Aquatic excursion to Greenwich Hospital.
	Despite being published over a year after the accession of Queen Victoria, this appears to show one of her uncle King William IV's visits to...

2. *The Dreadnought, 104 Guns, until recently lying off Greenwich.*
	The Seamen's Hospital Society was founded in 1821 to care for sick and injured seafarers in the Merchant Navy. Until 1871, the work of the Society...

3. *The Dreadnought, 104 Guns. At present lying off Greenwich for the Seamen's Hospital.*
	HMS 'Dreadnought' (1801) served as a hospital ship for the Seamen's Hospital, founded in 1821 to care for sick and injured seafarers in the merchant...

4. Relics of Nelson on show at Greenwich Hospital.
	By 1714 the aims of the Greenwich Hospital Charter were finally met with the establishment of the Royal Hospital. Old and wounded sailors were being...

5. Nautical dispute.
	Four men in a tavern, three of whom are Greenwich Pensioners, arguing. The inn-keeper is coming through the door with more ale for the bad-tempered...

6. Jack, hove down - with a grog blossom fever.
	This cartoon makes much play on the drinking habits of sailors. 'Jack' is shown ill in his hammock surrounded by bottles of 'grog' or naval rum. The...

7. Making tea at Greenwich Hospital.
	The Royal Hospital for Seamen was founded by King William III and Queen Mary II in 1694. The buildings housed Royal Naval pensioners from 1705 to...

8. The Greenwich Pensioner (caricature).
	Two pensioners, one minus a leg, the other minus an arm, sitting drinking and smoking with a woman standing behind them. The Royal Hospital,...

9. The Greenwich Pensioner.
	A one-legged pensioner points across the river to the Royal Hospital, Greenwich. This hand-coloured engraving illustrates the text of Charles...

10. The way of the world.
	A caricature of two old sailors from the Helpless Ward at Greenwich Hospital. One has an arm and leg missing, the other, both arms, both legs, an eye...


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