State before letters. 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. This portrait was engraved in mezzotint by Edward Fisher 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. 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). For another state of this print, see PAG9316. (Updated April 2019.)