The Death of General Sir Ralph Abercrombie

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Robert Ker Porter was born in Durham. He entered the Royal Academy Schools at 13. In 1793 he was commissioned to paint an altarpiece for Shoreditch church, followed by further biblical works. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1792 to 1805 and produced enormous battle panorama, including the 120 foot long ‘Storming of Seringapatam’ (1800). In 1805 he travelled to Russia to paint historical murals for the Admiralty in St. Petersburg. After leaving Russia in 1813, he was knighted by the Prince Regent. He began a period of travel in 1817, which led to the publication ‘Travels in Georgia, Persia, Armenia, Ancient Babylonia’ (1821). In 1825, he was appointed British Consul in Venezuela. He returned to England in 1841, where he died aged 65.

People

Sir Ralph Abercromby (1734 - 1801), Edward Finch (1756 - 1843), Sir Hudson Lowe (1769 - 1844), George James, 3rd Earl Ludlow Ludlow (1758 - 1842), Sir Charles William Doyle (1770 - 1842), Robert Anstruther (1768 - 1809), Captain Maxwell , Captain Lovelace , Sir Brent Spencer (1760 - 1828), Sir John, Baronet Doyle (1756 - 1834), Brigadier Major Carey , Robert Lawson (1741/2 - 1816), John, 4th Earl of Hopetoun Hope (1765 - 1823), Captain Rubeleau , Andrew Thomas, 11th Baron Blayney Blayney (1770 - 1834), Sir Edward Paget (1775 - 1849), Sir William Sidney Smith (1764 - 1840), Surgeon Gillham , Sir John Abercromby (1772 - 1817), Sir George Murray (1772 - 1846), Captain Sutton , Sir James Kempt (1763/4 - 1854), Assistant Surgeon Fearon , Sir Thomas Richard Swinnerton, 7th Baronet Dyer (1768 - 1838), Sir Tomkyns Hilgrove Turner (1764 - 1843), Sir John Stuart (1761 - 1815), Sir John Moore (1761 - 1809), Sir Robert Thomas Wilson (1777 - 1849), Thomas Walsh , Colonel Duncan , Eyre Coote (1759 - 1823), Samuel Dalrymple (1760 - 1832), Sir Hildebrand 1st Baronet Oakes (1754 - 1822), John, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore Hely-Hutchinson (1757 - 1832), John Francis, 1st Baron Howden Caradoc (formerly Cradock) (1762 - 1839), John Wesley Wright (1769 - 1805), David, of Garth Stewart (1772 - 1829), Colonel Stuart , Major Birch , Pearne, Brigadier Major St ( - 1801), Lieutenant-Colonel Ogilvie ( - 1801)

Places

Mediterranean Sea, Africa, North Africa, Egypt, Alexandria

Subjects

horseback, topography, horse, 19th century costume, military uniform, boots, breeches, trousers, flag, death, Baron, Earl, cannon ball, sword, officer (army), soldier, general, colonel

Materials & Techniques

engraving

Artist

Robert Ker Porter (1777 - 1842)
Giovanni Vendramini (1769 - 1839)

Title

The Death of General Sir Ralph Abercrombie

Date

published 4 June 1804

Medium

Engraving

Acquisition

Purchased from Colnaghi, April 1952

GAC number

1535