A three-quarter-length portrait of George Anson (1697–1762) in a waistcoat and coat with decorative froging at the lapels, pockets and cuffs. He holds a telescope and leans against a rock, on top of which rests his hat. There is a naval battle in the distance. Lettered beneath the image with the title, ‘The Right Honourable George Anson, Lord Anson, Baron of Soberton in the County of Southampton, Vice Admiral of the Blue.’ Also lettered with the production details and publication line: ‘G. Bockman delineavit & fecit, 1747. / Sold by H. Overton without Newgate London.’ This portrait was drawn and engraved by Gerhard Bockman in 1747 and published by Henry Overton. George Anson is best remembered for his rather fraught circumnavigation of 1740–44, from which he returned immensely rich from his capture the Spanish treasure ship 'Nuestra Senora de Covadonga' off the Philippines. He secured victory over the French at the first Battle of Finisterre in May 1747 and was created 1st Baron Anson of Soberton in June of the same year. He later proved a very able naval administrator as First Lord of the Admiralty during the Seven Years War. (Updated May 2019.)