Brigadier-General John Jacob, 1858 (c).
mezzotint, engraving
Accession Number
NAM.1968-06-177-1
Description
Brigadier-General John Jacob, 1858 (c). Mezzotint by T L Atkinson, published by Henry Graves and Company, 1859. A legendary figure in India, and regarded by Sir Charles Napier as one of the best officers he had ever met, Jacob raised the famous second Silladar Regiment of Scinde Horse-1600 of the best horsemen in India. He later raised two regiments of infantry - 'Jacob's Rifles' - armed with a pattern of rifle he had developed himself. The town which he planned and laid out on the site of the village of Kanghur was later renamed 'Jacobadad' in his honour.
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