Repro ID: H1637
Title: Greenwich Hospital, No. 15 Cabin in Royal Charles Ward.
Description: A Greenwich pensioner reading in his room, number 15 cabin in the Royal Charles Ward of Greenwich Hospital. Literacy rates among seamen were high, as they often taught each other how to read during long periods of inactivity on board ships.
Creator: 'Illustrated London News'
Date: 22 April 1865
Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London
