Antique Print of Robert Napier and Staff Officers

Antique print titled 'Sir. R. Napier and Staff Officers'. Lithograph of Robert Napier and staff officers. Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala GCB GCSI FRS (6 December 1810 – 14 January 1890) was a British Indian Army officer. He fought in the First Anglo-Sikh War and the Second Anglo-Sikh War before seeing action as chief engineer during the second relief of Lucknow in March 1858 during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. He also served in the Second Opium War as commander of the 2nd division of the expeditionary force which took part in the Battle of Taku Forts, the surrender of Peking's Anting Gate and the entry to Peking in 1860. He subsequently led the punitive expedition to Abyssinia July 1867, defeating the Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia with minimal loss of life among his own forces and rescuing the hostages of Tewodros. This print originates from 'Record of the Expedition to Abyssinia compiled by order of the Secretary of State for War' by Major Trevenen J. Holland ; & Captain Henry Hozier.

Condition: Good. General age-related toning, blank verso. Please study image carefully.

Date: 1870

Overall size: 21 x 26 cm.