Full length, seated, wearing uniform, his Indian servant holding a hookah, a view into a garden beyond

The sitter was the younger son of General Sir William Fawcett (1727-1804) of Shibden Hall, Yorkshire.  He was admitted to the Honourable East India Company in 1780 and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1781.  By 1813 he had reached the rank of Major-General.  He served in the 2nd Regiment of Bengal Native Cavalry until he transferred to the 6th Regiment in 1802.