2-708-430 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Sir Willoughby Cotton', 1842. Portrait of Lieutenant General Sir Willoughby Cotton (1783-1860), British soldier. Cotton was Adjutant-General under Arthur Wellesley (future Duke of Wellington) and fought in the Peninsular Wars, the First Anglo-Burmese War, the First Anglo-Afghan War, and played a major role in the suppression of the slave revolt in Jamaica. He was also Commander-in-chief of the Bombay Army. From "Portraits by Count D'Orsay", an album assembled by Lady Georgiana Codrington. [1850s]