1-527-466 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Sir Robert and Lady Sale, 19th century. Sir Robert Henry Sale (1784-1845), British soldier, and his wife Lady Florentia Sale (1790?-1853). From 1798, Sale served mainly in India and Afghanistan and rose to the rank of Major-General in the army of the British East India Company. In the First Sikh War he was mortally wounded at Battle of Moodkee (Mudkhi), 18 December 1845, and died of his wounds on 21 December. Illustration from The life and times of Queen Victoria, by Robert Wilson, (1900).