ABERCROMBY, RALPH (1734-1801)  Lieutenant General in the British Army, served in the Seven Years’ War and the French Revolutionary Wars; Mortally wounded at the Battle of Alexandria, died March 28, 1801; Governor of Trinidad – 1797; Member of Parliament – 1774-80 & 1796-98

Original Steel Engraving, small-page format, 5” x 8 ½” overall, with a printed facsimile signature beneath a 3 ½” x 4 ½” image of Abercromby in military uniform, imprinted “Painted by J. Hoppner, R.A.  Engraved by H.D. Cook…FISHER, SON & CO. LONDON, 1831.”

Lightly toned, with minor staining and a few light surface creases in the margins.