Three-quarters length, seated, turned to the left, and looking
downwards. His left leg is crossed over his right, and in his left
hand he holds a map of Egypt; his right holds an eyeglass on his
breast. He is in his uniform. In front of him on a table are
writing materials. On canvas, 4 ft. high, by 3-1/2 ft. wide.
John Hely was born in 1757, and in 1774 went into the army. In the
expedition to Egypt in 1801 he was appointed second in command to
Sir Ralph Abercrombie; on whose death the chief command devolved on
Hely, then a major-general. For his admirable conduct of the
campaign, in which he drove the French from Egypt, he received the
thanks of both Houses, and was raised to the peerage in 1813. In
1823 he succeeded his brother to the earldom of Donoughmore. He
died in 1832.