Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir Ralph Abercromby NPG 1538

© National Portrait Gallery, London

after John Hoppner

In December 1797, Abercromby was named Commander-in-Chief of Ireland. It was to be a brief and controversial appointment. Abercromby did not agree with the Dublin administration and as a professional soldier was appalled by the indiscipline and bad behaviour of the troops under his command. In a famous order of February 1798 he described the army as being 'in a state of licentiousness which must render it formidable to anyone but the enemy'. His comments caused a political storm. On the grounds that he had... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.