DOUGLAS HAIG, 1ST EARL HAIG, FIELD MARSHAL ON A TRIUMPHAL MARCH THROUGH LONDON TO CELEBRATE THE ARMISTICE

THIS PICTURE, BY THE FRENCH WAR ARTIST AND ILLUSTRATOR GEORGES BERTIN SCOTT, DEPICTS EARL HAIG, WEARING HIS DRESS UNIFORM, BEING CHEERED THROUGH THE STREETS OF LONDON TO CELEBRATE HIS LEADING THE BRITISH FORCES TO VICTORY DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR. EQUESTRIAN STATUES OF FIELD MARSHALL HAIG IN MORE SOMBRE DRESS NOW STAND IN WHITEHALL, EDINBURGH AND AT CLIFTON COLLEGE, BRISTOL.