Mezzotint after the picture by John Everett Millais: two Greenwich Hospital pensioners, in their greatcoats, halt before Nelson's tomb in the crypt of St Paul's, one of them bareheaded with his hat against his chest. Printed in sepia ink.
Mezzotint after the picture by John Everett Millais: two Greenwich Hospital pensioners, in their greatcoats, halt before Nelson's tomb in the crypt of St Paul's, one of them bareheaded with his hat against his chest. Printed in sepia ink.
Engraved by Henry Macbeth-Raeburn, one of the regular interpreters of Victorian painting in line and mezzotint. The lower margin keeps the signatures of the painter and the engraver on either side of the plate mark.
Medium: Mezzotint
Artist / after: John Everett Millais
Engraver / lithographer: Henry Macbeth-Raeburn
Date: 19th century
Dimensions: 8.9 x 12 in (22.7 x 30.4 cm)
Condition: Good condition; impression of good contrast, mounted in a period mat with toning stains on the board.