Maritiem Digitaal
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| inventarisnummer | AAA4482
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| collectie | Ceramics
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| museum | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
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| datum | late 18th century
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| omschrijving | Creamware jug, transfer-printed in black on one side with a scene of Greenwich pensioners seated at a table smoking and drinking, one with a wooden leg, one with a hook hand, another in the background with a leg missing. Greenwich Hospital is seen behind them and a woman stands behind their settle. Inscribed: 'THE GREENWICH PENSIONER/Twas in the good ship Rover/I sail'd the world around/And for three years & over/I ne'er touch'd British ground/At last in England landed/I left the roaring main/Found all relations stranded/And went to sea again', 'That time bound strait to Portugal/Right fore and aft we bore/But when we made Cape Ortugal/A Gale blew off the Shore/She lay so did it shock her/A Log upon the main/Till saved from Davy's locker/We put to sea again', 'Next in a frigate sailing/Upon a squally night/Thunder and lightning hailling/The horrors of the fight/My precious limb was lopped off/I when they eased my pain/Thanked God I was not popped off', 'Yet still I am enabled,/To bring up in life's rear/Although I'm quite disabled/And lie in Greenwich teer/The King God bless his royalty,/who saved me from the main/I'll praise with love and loyalty/But ne'er to Sea again'. On the other side a single-decked warship under sail, the sea below in a scrolled cartouche.
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| afmetingen | Overall: 185 x 170 x 130 mm
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