Enthusiastic Veterans: The Chelsea Pensioners' greeting the King [Edward VII] at the Horse Guards. Original ink drawing. Signed. Johnson, Herbert (1848-1906) Drawing

Ink on board. Signed annotated and dated. 25.8 x 30.5 cm.Intended as an illustration for The Daily Graphic. Caption for the illustration as published is attached.The 1902 scene, "Enthusiastic Veterans: The Chelsea Pensioners' greeting the King [Edward VII] at the Horse Guards," most likely refers to the coronation procession of King Edward VII on August 9, 1902. It captures the Chelsea Pensioners?retired British Army veterans living at the Royal Hospital Chelsea?cheering for their new monarch as the procession passed by the Horse Guards building in Whitehall. Context of the 1902 coronation.