File:Thomas Allen (1771-1838) a Greenwich Pensioner, circa 1832 RMG BHC2510.tiff
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[edit]John Burnet: Thomas Allen (1771-1838) a Greenwich Pensioner, circa 1832
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Thomas Allen (1771-1838) a Greenwich Pensioner, circa 1832  |
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portrait |
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| Description |
English: Thomas Allen (1771-1838) a Greenwich Pensioner, circa 1832 Oil study for John Burnet's 'Greenwich Pensioners Commemorating the Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar' displayed at Apsley House, London. The NMM holds a print of the completed picture (PAI1598). The painting, conceived as a pendant to David Wilkie's 'Chelsea Pensioners reading the Waterloo dispatch' was either commissioned by the Duke of Wellington, who owned that, or purchased by him from Burnet. This is one of nine of such studies for it, all of Greenwich Pensioners wearing typical dress. A paper label on this painting's stretcher, in a 19th-century hand, identifies the artist, the date of painting as 1832, the sitter as 'Nelson's personal attendant, Victory' and gives his age as 65. Allen, like Nelson, was from Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, and was Nelson's faithful though often difficult servant. Although he missed the battle of Trafalgar and was not a seaman, Sir Thomas Hardy, Governor of Greenwich Hospital, 1834-39, admitted him as a Pensioner. Hardy had a monument placed over his grave in the hospital burial ground when he died in 1838. This monument still survives to this day. For a woodcut silhouette of Allen, published on his death, see PAD3457; and a drawing by Daniel Orme, see PAG6838. |
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| Date | 1832 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions | Frame: 402 mm x 320 mm x 70 mm;Overall: 2.6 kg;Painting: 305 mm x 230 mm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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BHC2510 |
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| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/13984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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| Identifier | Acquisition Number: 1932-22 Caird Catalogue Number (CCAT): CC V1, P61, 312 id number: BHC2510 |
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| Collection | Oil paintings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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