The Chelsea Pensioner, Chelsea, London living conditions the harlot's handsome young lover

the harlot's handsome young lover has cost her an easy life with her Jewish protector and she is now in a Drury Lane lodging house

including an omnibus

and a church spire in the distance

some of which contain firemen

A dog watches something intently in the bottom right corner

The Chelsea Pensioner, Chelsea, London living conditions the harlot's handsome young lover'The Chelsea Pensioner', Chelsea, London, c1840. A war veteran in the traditional red uniform of the Royal Hospital at Chelsea sits reading from a newspaper to a young boy. The old man wears a medal on his chest, spectacles, and a tricorn hat with cockade. He holds a clay pipe in one hand.