Painting, Stirling Castle, Stirling, Scotland
The sinking of the Abercrombie Robinson at Table Bay, Cape Town, 28th August 1842, copy of a painting by Robert Gibb destroyed by fire at Ballykelly in 1980, in the collection of Stirling Castle, with current buildings dating to 15th and 16th centuries, on Castle Hill, in Stirling, Scotland. The painting depicts the sinking of an East Indiaman, resulting in the deaths of all 700 aboard, including 450 of the Reserve Battalion of the 91st Highlanders. The castle is listed as a scheduled ancient monument and is run by Historic Environment Scotland. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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1842 91st Abercrombie Boar Gibb Highlanders Indiaman Lifeboat Mast Rescuing Rigging Scheduled Stirling
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