State without publication line. A three-quart-length portrait of George Rooke (c. 1650–1709) in a long wig and a gold-braided coat. He leans on his right arm on a cannon and holds a telescope in his left hand. In the background is a depiction of the Battle of Malaga in 1704. Rooke’s flagship, the ‘Royal Katharine’ with the Union flag at the main is seen on the right, engaging the ‘Foudroyant’, which was the flagship of the Franco-Spanish fleet under the Comte de Toulouse, an illegitimate son of Louis XIV. Though inconclusive, the Battle of Malaga was the only fleet action fought at sea during the War of the Spanish Succession. Lettered beneath the image with the title, ‘Sir George Rooke, Knt. Vice Admiral of England.’ Also lettered with the production details and publication line: ‘Engraved by W. Holl.’ This print was engraved by William Holl after Michael Dahl’s oil painting of c. 1805 in the Greenwich Hospital Collection (see BHC2978). Dahl’s painting was one of a series of naval officers’ portraits commissioned by Queen Anne and her consort, Prince George of Denmark, which was given to the Naval Gallery at Greenwich in 1824 by George IV. The plate was originally published by Harding and Lepard on 1 October 1831 engraved for E. H. Locker's 'Memoirs of Celebrated Naval Commanders...' (1831). Later reprints from the plate were published by Fisher, Son & Co. (see PAD2700). (Updated May 2019.)