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  • A veteran French soldier or sailor. Photogravure by Goupil & Cie., 1873, after M. Fortuny y Marsal, 1869.
  • A Greenwich Pensioner, with a pipe in one hand and a stick in the other, being rolled out of a sheet [hammock?] by a sailor. Wood engraving by J. Jackson.
  • A Greenwich Pensioner, seated, with a jug near his left hand. Wood engraving.
  • A Greenwich Pensioner, dressed as a retired Commodore. Mixed-method print by F. C. Lewis, 1826, after D. Wilkie, 1823.
  • Chelsea Pensioners in a procession in Trafalgar Square, heading towards the Strand, to the left the base of the Nelson Column, fenced-off. Wood engraving.
  • A Greenwich Pensioner, sitting with his pipe and walking stick. Wood engraving.
  • A pair of Pensioners, seated at a table, playing draughts, with others looking on, inside the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, with a vignette of tricorn hat, wooden leg, clay pipe, drinking glass and medals at lower left. Etching by G. Fox, 1887.
  • Two Chelsea Pensioners in a garden in winter. Colour lithograph by [F.F.].
  • A Greenwich Pensioner, seated, wearing red coat and tricorn hat, reading 'The Naval & Military gazette' No. 229. Engraving by W. O. Geller after H. P. ["Smuggler"] Parker, 1837.
  • John Worley, a Greenwich Pensioner, aged 85. Mezzotint by J. Faber after himself, 1709.
  • John Worley, a Greenwich Pensioner, aged 85. Mezzotint by J. Faber after himself, 1709.
  • A Chelsea Pensioner, standing in a landscape: a building, flying the Union flag, behind him. Coloured aquatint, 1813.
  • The gates of Greenwich Hospital, flanked by a sailor holding a Union Flag, and a Pensioner on crutches: naval paraphernalia at the base of the print. Wood engraving by [W.H.P.].
  • The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: aerial view of the building and grounds, looking from the Surrey side of the river. Engraving, c.1761.
  • The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: two views; one of the central portico of the north side; the other from the Surrey bank with boats on the river. Engraving by J. Shury after H. West, 1832.
  • A Chelsea Pensioner, wearing a sprig of orange blossom [?] in his buttonhole, sipping a dish of tea. Engraving by J. Jenkins after M. W. Sharp.
  • Several Chelsea Pensioners gathered around, one of whom is reading from a copy of Shurey's illustrated paper. Colour lithograph after S. Lewin.
  • A Greenwich Pensioner with a wooden leg, standing in a landscape, the domes of Greenwich Hospital behind. Coloured aquatint, 1813.
  • Three Chelsea Pensioners, two playing cards. Wood engraving.
  • A Chelsea Pensioner standing in the hall at the Royal Hospital, leaning on his stick. Watercolour painting.
  • A Greenwich Pensioner, on Greenwich Hill, showing trippers the view with a telescope, and offering clay pipes for sale (?). Wood engraving.
  • The Royal Hospital, Chelsea: view of the Pensioners cheering and waving their hats and sticks, at a King Charles's Day Parade. Wood engraving.
  • A Greenwich Pensioner reading from a book to a small boy, both sitting on the balustrade at the Royal Naval Hospital. Wood engraving.
  • A Chelsea Pensioner, standing, wearing scarlet coat, and tricorn hat with a sprig of oak on it, leaning on a stick and carrying a cylindrical leather satchel, others in the background. Coloured etching by W.H. Pyne, 1805.
  • Chelsea Pensioners and others hearing the news of Wellington's victory at Waterloo. Etching.
  • Chelsea Pensioners hearing the news of the battle of Waterloo, outside the Duke of York public house. Engraving by W. Greatbach after D. Wilkie, [between 1822 and 1894].
  • A Chelsea Pensioner, standing, wearing red coat and tricorn hat, leaning on a stick and carrying a cylindrical leather satchel. Watercolour.
  • A Greenwich Pensioner, leaning back against a wooden fence, a gnarled stick in his hands. Lithograph.
  • Chelsea Pensioners, one of whom has just died in his pew, in the Chapel at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. Process print by Boussod Valadon after H. von Herkomer, 1875.
  • The Royal Naval Hospital and the Queen's House, Greenwich, the Isle of Dogs beyond. Aquatint by J. Baily after J. T. Lee, 1811.