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Retirement

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Images from the collections

Images about Retirement

9 images from works
  • The Hospital of St. Peter, Wandsworth: the north facade and lawn. Coloured lithograph, 1849.
  • The Trinity Hospital, Greenwich, with the sails of a ship in the distance. Coloured engraving by Angus after Tomkins, 1801.
  • The Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, 28 Portman Square, London: the Director presenting an umbrella to A. D. Lacaille, the museum's archaeologist, on his retirement in 1959. Photograph.
  • The Hospital of St. Peter, Wandsworth: bird's-eye view. Wood engraving by C. D. Laing, 1850, after T. S. Boys, 1849.
  • Booksellers' Provident Retreat rest home, Abbots Langley: the facade. Lithograph after W.H. Cooper.
  • Disraeli leaving Parliament with heavy luggage (war, imperialism, ruin, distress ...) on his shoulders; he is followed by Stafford Northcote. Engraving by W. Dewane, 1880.
  • William of Aquitaine, a retiring warrior, receives a monk's habit from the abbot Benedict of Aniane. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G.F. Barbieri, il Guercino, 1620.
  • The Hospital of St. Peter, Wandsworth. Coloured lithograph, 1849.
  • Booksellers' Provident Retreat, Abbots Langley: perspective view. Coloured lithograph.

Works from the collections

61 works

    • Books

    Later life financial advice / Radcliffe & Newlands Limited.

    | Date: 2013
    • Books

    The years still unexplored : thoughts on being retired from work / F. Le Gros Clark and F.S. Milligan.

    Clark, F. Le Gros (Frederick Le Gros), 1892-1977. | Date: [1964]
    • Books

    Solving new problems / by Alastair Heron.

    Heron, Alastair. | Date: [1963]
    • Books

    Facing retirement : a guide for the middle aged and elderly / by a country doctor [i.e. Gordon Scott].

    Scott, Gordon, 1905-1986. | Date: [1964]
    • Books

    Sensible eating in retirement / Batchelors Nutritional Advice Centre.

    | Date: [1993?]

Related topics

Aged
United Kingdom
Aging
Almshouses
Housing for the Elderly
London
Beneficence
St. Peter's Hospital (Wandsworth, London, England)
Old age
Health Services for the Aged

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