Nicholas Ralph Tomlinson
(died 1842), Lieutenant-ColonelSitter in 1 portrait
by Richard James Lane, after Daniel Maclise
lithograph, published 18 October 1842
NPG D21862
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Justin Reay
22 January 2017, 17:27
[revised entry]
Lt-Colonel Nicholas Tomlinson was commanding officer of the 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot engaged in the siege of Chappoo during the First Anglo-China War. He was killed in action at the head of his men on 18 May 1842.
A coloured litho print of Tomlinson being carried from the field of action, by T A Prior after T Allom from a field sketch by Captain Stoddart RN, was published by Fisher Son & Co in October 1842.