Chelsea pensioners

Item

Title
Chelsea pensioners
Actual Title
The Last Muster - Sunday at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea
Artist
H. Herkomer
Status
R.A.
Type
Oil on canvas
Size (HxW, mm)
2145 x 1590
Current Exhibition Location
National Museums Liverpool: LL 3627
Lent By
W. L. Thomas, Esq.
Catalog Number
107
Catalog Page
16
Catalog Description
Every face tells its tale of the past, and the one at the end of the second row may tell of the future, for he is resting in the sleep of death. "Yonder sits some three-score pensioners of the hospital, listening to the prayers and psalms. It is a scene of age and early memories, and pompous death. How solemn the well remembered prayers are: 'The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delghteth in his way.'"--(Thackeray.)