Old Soldier Collection

Dick Dock, or the Lobster and Crab, 1806. Scene outside an alehouse by the River Thames. A Greenwich Pensioner with a wooden leg takes the hand of a soldier

Chelsea Pensioners with black jacks, London, c1901 (1901)
Chelsea Pensioners with Black Jacks, London, c1901 (1901). Pensioners at The Royal Chelsea hospital with two 5 gallon black jacks

A Christmas Welcome, drawn by Edward Hughes, 1871. Creator: F Wentworth
A Christmas Welcome, drawn by Edward Hughes, 1871. Illustration to a poem by John Latey. 'The cause of this sweet strife you wonder

The Story of Sedan: "Fighting his Battles o'er Again", 1871. Creator: Joseph Swain
The Story of Sedan: "Fighting his Battles o'er Again", 1871. 'Looking back a twelvemonth and remembering the state of Europe a day or two before Christmas last year, when the German armies

John Gilliatt, of Brigg, Lincolnshire, above one hundred years old, 1864. Creator: Unknown
John Gilliatt, of Brigg, Lincolnshire, above one hundred years old, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. Empringham, master of the Brigg Union Workhouse

Ralph Farnham, one of the Bunker Hill Heroes, 1860. Creator: Unknown
Ralph Farnham, one of the Bunker Hill Heroes, 1860. When the Prince of Wales was at Boston, United States, Ralph Farnham, the sole survivor of that valiant band which fought at the battle of

La patrie retrouvee; A Haguenau un veteran de 81 ans, revetu de l'uniforme du 20e... 1918. Creator: Unknown
La patrie retrouvee; A Haguenau un veteran de 81 ans, revetu de l'uniforme du 20e regiment de ligne francais qu'il portait en 1860

Former general as a street musician, 1895-1899. Creator: Jan de Waardt
Former general as a street musician, 1895-1899. A veteran who was a general in the Dutch East Indies, and lost his left leg in battle, tries to earn money as a busker by singing to a barrel organ

Scenes from the Crimean War, 1856. Creator: Unknown
Scenes from the Crimean War, 1856. Old soldier telling children abouth his army career; battle scene; soldiers returning home. From "Illustrated London News", 1856

W. D. Daw, Confederate Veteran, Confederate Reunion, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. W. D
W. D. Daw, Confederate Veteran, Confederate Reunion, 1917. Lapel ribbon: 30th Annual Reunion - Mexican War - Excelsior Springs...1908

The Last Muster, after Hubert Herkomer, Esq. A.R.A. c1880-83. Creator: Hubert von Herkomer
The Last Muster, after Hubert Herkomer, Esq. A.R.A.From "Modern Artists" by F.G.Dumas. [J.S.Virtue & Co Ltd, London, c1880]

Soldat de Crimee, 1907. Creator: Harriet Blackstone
Soldat de Crimee, 1907

Portrait of James Guidney, known as, Jimmy the Rockman, (1782-1866), [undated, early 19th Century]. AKA Jemmy the Rock Man

Autumn 1860-1862. Creator: Frederick Augustus Sandys
Autumn 1860-1862. An ageing soldier is depicted reclining on a river bank watched attentively by a woman and a child. The three figures appear to symbolise the three stages of life whilst the title

Consecration of the Colors (Fahnenweihe), 1911. Creator: Moritz Jung
Consecration of the Colors (Fahnenweihe), 1911

Long Sermons and Long Sieges are apt to Lull the Senses, February 11, 1783

Members of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps (RAOC) gather for their annual dinner, 1965. The RAOC are resposible for the safe keeping of explosives and munitions for the army

The Polling, Plate III from The Humours of an Election, 1757. Artist: William Hogarth
The Polling, Plate III from The Humours of an Election, 1757. This series of four plates depicts the Oxfordshire parliamentary election of 1754

The Queue, the Pensioner and the Dollar Princess, 1910. Artist: Fred Leist
The Queue, the Pensioner and the Dollar Princess, 1910. A print from The Graphic Supplement, 21st May 1910

The Veteran, 1896. Artist: Gregory & Co
The Veteran, 1896. Bugler of the Coldstream Guards utilising an old Chelsea pensioner, an ex-Guardsman and the bearer of war and good service decoration, as an object lession, as it were

Marshal Lyautey, French soldier, 1930. Lyautey (1854-1934) commanded French troops in the invasion and conquest of Madagascar in 1896-1898

Ferdinand Foch, French soldier and hero of World War I, 1922. Foch (1851-1929) was chosen as supreme commander of the Allied armies on 26 March, 1918

The Last Muster, 1875 (c1880-1882). A print from Modern Artists, prepared under the direction of FG Dumas, JS Virtue and Co, London, c1880-1882

Uniform of the Invalides, France, 1823. Artist: Charles Etienne Pierre Motte
Uniform of the Invalides, France, 1823. One of the functions of the military complex of Les Invalides in Paris is to provide a hospital and retirement home for Frances war veterans

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping