A military watercolour, circa 1809-12, depicting the battle honours of the 76th Regiment of Foot, the latest of which being 'Peninsula', the watercolour with the inscription "this gurrah (muslin cloth) was captured in the Indian campaign under Lord Lake", September 1803, measurements 40 x 50 cm (i), frame 51 x 61 cm.

Notes: The 76th Regiment of Foot was employed in India in 1788 to fight in the third Anglo-Mysore war, seeing action at the Siege of Bangalore in 1791 and in the famous Siege of Seringapatam of 1792 against the Tipu Sultan, aka the 'Tiger of Mysore'. The regiment later saw service in the Second Anglo-Maratha War and fought at the Siege of Aligarh, a fort that was commanded by the French mercenary officer Pierre Perron. During the battle, the British lost as many as 900 soldiers to the stiffly defended fortress, which was guarded by French artillery, a 14-ft ditch lined with sword blades, poisoned chevaux-de-frise barricades and even lions and tigers. The regiment went on to fight at the Battle of Delhi in September 1803 and the Battle of Laswari in November 1803.

For their distinguished service in these actions, King George III authorised the regiment to have the word 'Hindoostan' emblazoned on their regimental colours alongside an elephant badge with a howdah. The regiment returned to England and became the 76th (Hindoostan) Regiment of Foot in October 1806. During the Napoleonic Wars, the regiment was dispatched to Spain and fought in the Siege of Corunna in 1809 before being evacuated from the Peninsular later that same month. The Regiment later reverted its name back to the 76th Regiment of Foot, which combined with the battle honours listed, dates the painting of this watercolour, on earlier captured muslin cloth, to circa 1809-1812.