![[Sir Robert Sale.]](jpegs/12135.jpg)
[Sir Robert Sale.]
Painted by Henry Moseley Engraved by T.L. Atkinson
London, Published Nov. 1. 1845, by Henry Graves & Comp., 6. Pall Mall.
Mezzotint, 540 x 410mm. 21¼ x 16". Staining top right, foxing around platemark.
Sir Robert Sale (1782-1845), army officer. In the First Burmese War (1824-26) he led the 13th Regiment, and in one action he killed the enemy's leader in single combat. During the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-42) he was second-in-command of the army of occupation in Kabul, and Lady Sale's diary of the period was published as a 'Journal of the Disasters in Afghanistan' in 1843. In 1845 be became quartermaster-general to Sir Hugh Gough's army, but died the same year of wounds received at the battle of Mudki in the Punjab.
[Ref: 12135] £320.00
London, Published Nov. 1. 1845, by Henry Graves & Comp., 6. Pall Mall.
Mezzotint, 540 x 410mm. 21¼ x 16". Staining top right, foxing around platemark.
Sir Robert Sale (1782-1845), army officer. In the First Burmese War (1824-26) he led the 13th Regiment, and in one action he killed the enemy's leader in single combat. During the First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-42) he was second-in-command of the army of occupation in Kabul, and Lady Sale's diary of the period was published as a 'Journal of the Disasters in Afghanistan' in 1843. In 1845 be became quartermaster-general to Sir Hugh Gough's army, but died the same year of wounds received at the battle of Mudki in the Punjab.
[Ref: 12135] £320.00