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 sitter’s coat of arms and the title: ‘George, Lord Edgcumbe’. Also lettered with the production details: ‘J. Reynolds pinxit. E. Fisher fecit. 1761.’ 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). (Updated April 2019.)