'Fortifications', General Sir John Lintorn Arabin Simmons, 1877

Chromolithograph after Carlo Pellegrini ('Ape') (1839-1889), printed by Vincent Brooks, Day and Son Limited, published by 'Vanity Fair', 1 December 1877, No 166 in the series, 'Men of the Day'.

Shows a caricature of General (later Field Marshal) Sir John Lintorn Arabin Simmons KCB, Inspector General of Fortifications, in civilian dress, sporting impressive facial hair in the form of fiery red 'mutton chops', and wearing the Badge and Star of the Order of the Bath.

Simmons was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1837. He served in Canada, surveying the disputed border with the United States. On returning to England he served as Inspector of Railways.

Simmons acted as a military advisor to the Turks during the Crimean War (1854-1856) and was subsequently appointed British Consul to Warsaw in Poland after the war. He returned home to serve in a number of senior posts at Aldershot, Chatham and Woolwich. Promoted to lieutenant general, he became Colonel Commandant of the Royal Engineers in 1872. He became Inspector-General of Fortifications in 1875 and Governor of Malta in 1884. He was promoted to field marshal in May 1890 and died in Hampshire on 14 February 1903.