this full lenght portrait is of a British officer who fought during the Napoleonic Wars due to the Orders, Decorations & Medals he's wearing: round his neck he appears to have the Portuguese Order of the Tower & Sword, then from left to right as viewed the Sultan's Gold Medal for Egypt (1801); the Army Gold Cross; and the Companionship of the Order of the Bath. I would suggest that the uniform is that of a Portuguese officer c.1810-14, and that the sitter was an officer seconded from the British Army appointed to senior command in the Portuguese forces during the Peninsular War.
Possibly, but by no means certain, one candidate is General Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill. There were others with the same decorations.
; the Army Gold Cross; and theCompanionship of the Order of the Bath. I would suggest that the uniform is that of a Portuguese officer c.1810-14, andthat the sitter was an officer seconded from the British Army appointed tosenior command in the Portuguese forces during the Peninsular War.Possibly, but by no means certain, one candidate is General Rowland Hill,1st Viscount Hill. There were others with the same decorations.Circa 1815sizes are for the canvas, unframed){kind=link}