About this artwork

This study of General Sir David Baird relates to Philip James de Loutherbourg’s famous paintings of ‘The Battle of Alexandria’ and ‘The Landing of British Troops at Aboukir’. Painted in 1802 this small watercolour shows Baird during the Egyptian campaigns, three years after his significant defeat of the Indian ruler of Mysore, Tippoo Saib, at Seringapatam in 1792. This was revenge for Baird who, in 1779, had been captured and imprisoned for four years by Tippoo’s father, Haidar ‘Ali.

Updated before 2020

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