Surgeon Thomas Eld Baker (1791-1868), 10th Bengal Light Cavalry, 1830 (c).

Oil on canvas, attributed to William Melville (fl 1830-1847), 1830 (c)
Three-quarter length portrait.

Baker trained at St Georges, London; MRCS 1813; Assistant Surgeon on the Bengal Establishment 1814, Surgeon 1826; retired 1838. Served in Nepal 1814-16, Third Maratha War 1817-18, Bhurtpore 1825-26.

Author of ‘The Art of Preserving Health in India’.