Lieutenant (later Major-General) Edward Hope Smith Bowdich, 26th Regiment [Bombay] Native Infantry, 1840 (c)

Oil on canvas, artist unknown, 1840 (c).

Bowdich (1822-1882) is shown here posing with his dog. The 26th Bombay Native Infantry was the last regiment of infantry to be raised by the Bombay Army of the East India Company, being established in 1825 as the 2nd Extra Battalion of Bombay Native Infantry. Its name was changed a year later.