Stock photography picture of Sculpture of the Pensioner in the courtyard of the Royal Hospital Chelsea London England

AE5PJB - Licenced Caption Sculpture of the Pensioner in the courtyard of the Royal Hospital Chelsea London England Description Sculpture of the Pensioner by Phillip Jackson erected in 2000 in the courtyard of the Royal Hospital Chelsea London England The Royal Hospital is a retirement home and nursing home for British soldiers who are unfit for further duty due to injury or old age Sir Christopher Wren was commissioned to design and erect the building His design was based on the Hôpital des Invalides in Paris Work was completed in 1692 and the first in pensioners were admitted in February 1692 The grounds of the Royal Hospital have been the site of the annual Chelsea Flower Show since 1913 Keywords england06184diD200, 52MB8bit, Sculpture, Carving, statue, artistic, Royal, Hospital, Chelsea, Christopher, Wren, detail, arm, bronze, Hat, Europe, European, English, wartime, soldier, hero, memorial, UK, travel, colour, SW3, viajar, RH, Royal, Hospital, Road, ward, outdoors, Chelsea, Pensioner, architectural, architecture, glow, sunshine, figurine, color, capital, staff, stick, raised, London, United, Kingdom, England, Great, Britain, horizontal, reisen, ryoko, carved, viaggiare, D200, tribaleye, Jamie, Marshall