Proof. A three-quarter-length portrait of George Edgcumbe, first earl of Mount Edgcumbe (1720–1795), in captain’s undress uniform, 1748–1767, with his left hand tucked in his waistcoat. He stands against a rock and gestures with his right hand towards a ship in the distance. Lettered beneath the image with the title, ‘George Lord Edgcumbe’, and the production details ‘Sir Joshua Reynolds Pinxt. S. W. Reynolds Sculpt.’ This print was engraved in mezzotint in the nineteenth century by Samuel William Reynolds after an original painting by Joshua Reynolds. Reynolds’s painting was probably produced in 1760; it was painted for the sitter and remained in the Edgcumbe family until it was destroyed by bombing in World War II. The painting had previously been engraved in mezzotint by Edward Fisher in 1761 (see PAG9316). Samuel William Reynolds may have based this print on Fisher’s engraving, rather than the original painting. Joshua Reynolds was friends with Edgcumbe and painted his portrait on several occasions. The National Maritime Museum owns another portrait of Edgcumbe by Joshua Reynolds (see BHC2677). Samuel William Reynolds was a successful mezzotint engraver, who produced a large number of engravings after works by his namesake Sir Joshua Reynolds (no relation) in the 1820s. (Updated April 2019.)