Sleutel en lijst van abonnees bij de prent Gepensioneerden in Chelsea zitten rond een tafel en lezen het nieuws over de slag van Waterloo 1831

This 1831 artwork, “Chelsea Pensioners Reading the Gazette of the Battle of Waterloo,” is an anonymous work depicting a group of British veterans, likely pensioners of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, reading a newspaper about the famous battle. The work features a detailed, almost journalistic, account of the battle and its aftermath. It is likely this piece was created for a specific audience interested in the event, with the list of subscribers and the key to the engraving at the bottom of the page suggesting it was a commissioned work for a specific group.