Engraving of General Sir David Baird, Bart, G.C.B., K.C

Baird had a long and impressive career, as the hero of the capture of Seringapatam, 1799, and later in the Peninsular War. His uniform in this portrait is that of a general officer after 1811, and he is wearing the Army Gold medal for Corunna.

It was at the Battle of Corunna in 1809 that he lost his arm after a charge of grapeshot hit him just below the shoulder. The primitive medicine of the day left no option but to remove the arm by dislocating it from the socket.

The engraving was made by E. Finden after a painting by Sir Henry Raeburn, and published by Richard Bentley, London, 1832.

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Online ID:	000-000-100-259-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0207: The Thistle at War Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland M.1949.508
Date:	1808 - 1814 1809 Published 1832
Material:	Paper
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What:	Print / engraving
Subject:	Prints
Who:	General Sir David Baird (sitter)
Where:	Spain, Corunna (place where battle took place)
Event:	Peninsular War Battle of Corunna
Description:	Engraving of Sir David Baird by E. Finden after Sir Henry Raeburn, published by Richard Bentley, London, 1832. Not in B.M. catalogue. In full dress uniform of a G.O. Lapels half-closed.
References:	Haley, Arthur H. Our Davy, General Sir David Baird, K.B. 1757-1829 Liverpool: Bullfinch Publications, 1989
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