2-634-244 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Memorial to General Sir Ralph Abercromby, c1801 (1904). Sir Ralph Abercromby (1734-1801) was a Scottish soldier and politician, noted for his services during the Napoleonic Wars. He commanded the British Expeditionary Corps in Egypt but died of wounds suffered at the Battle of Alexandria on 21 March 1801. Abercromby's memorial is located in St Paul's Cathedral, London. From The The Royal Academy From Reynolds to Millais Edited by Charles Holme. [Offices of The Studio, London, Paris and New York, 1904]