Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir David Baird, 1st Bt NPG 2195

© National Portrait Gallery, London

attributed to Sir John Watson-Gordon

Baird entered the Army in 1772. He was sent to India where he saw active service and was held prisoner in Mysore for four years. Having briefly returned to Britain, in 1790 Baird returned to India where he captured Pondicherry in 1792 and was promoted to colonel. Baird was disappointed that command of the Indian continent was given to Lord Wellesley rather than to him. Instead, he was given command of the Indian army in its expedition to expel the French from Egypt in... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.