# Monument to General Abercrombie [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [WESTMACOTT, Sir Richard]() - Date: 1801-1850 - Technique: Marble ## Commentary While studying in Rome between 1793 and 1797 Westmacott was deeply influenced by Canova.His large-scale monuments show a sense of the dramatic which is close to the Italian master. The monument to General Abercrombie in St. Paul's Cathedral, showing the hero falling off his horse, is remarkable for presenting the moment of death. James Abercrombie \(1706-1781\) was a British Army general and commander-in-chief of forces in North America during the French and Indian War, who met with disaster in the Battle of Carillon \(1758\). ## Related artworks - [Horace's Dream]() - [Monument to Charles James Fox \(detail\)]() - [Monument to Charles James Fox]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()