Jack and his father under the colonnade, by Clarkson Stanfield.

Jack and his father under the colonnade, by Clarkson Stanfield. © National Maritime Museum, London

Repro ID: PW6067

Description: Tom Saunders, nicknamed 'Poor Jack', with his father, a Greenwich Pensioner, who had lost his leg at the Battle of the Nile in 1798. They are standing in the north colonnade of the King William Court of Greenwich Hospital. The Painted Hall is to the right, with the dome and vestibule of the Queen Mary Court, and the south pavilions of the Queen Anne Court visible beyond.

Creator: Clarkson Stanfield (1793-1867)

Date: 1840

Credit line: National Maritime Museum, London