Question

David Wilkie was commissioned by
David Baird's wife to paint this
picture. Why do you think she
wanted such a picture painted?​

Answer 1

Answer:

you can check in google

Answer 2

David Baird was imprisoned by Mysore king Haider Ali in the year 1779, he was imprisoned for 4 years and he was released after the signing of the treaty of Mangalore.

So after defeating Tipu Sultan son of Haider Ali in famous battle of Seringapatam in 1799,  he avenged the suffering which he had gone through in past in prison, He stood triumphantly in the light while the Tipu's body was on floor lying in semi darkness showing the superiority of British and showing the fate of those who dared to oppose the British Force.

Wilkie portrays Baird at the decisive moment Tipu’s body was discovered.