A three-quarter-length portrait of George Bridges Rodney (bap. 1718, d. 1792) in flag officer’s undress uniform, 1748–1767, leaning his right hand on the fluke of an anchor in front of an overhanging cliff and a view of the sea. This print was published by Robert Sayer and John Bennett on 9 May 1780. The portrait is after Joshua Reynolds’s oil painting of 1756–9 (now at Petworth), which was first engraved in mezzotint by James Watson in 1762 (see PAG6409). Watson’s mezzotint was reissued on 1 May 1780 (see PAG6408) and this small print may have been copied from it. There was considerable public interest in Rodney at this time after his famous victory against the Spanish off Cape St Vincent at the Moonlight Battle on 16 January 1780. This impression of Sayer and Bennett’s print has been cut down, removing the title and publication line. (Updated May 2019.)