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Le Sieur Georges Rodney Admiral, Commandant en chef de la Flotte Angloise dans les Isles Antilles (Admiral Sir George Rodney, Chief Admiral of the English fleet in the Antilles)

Artist and engraver Nicolas Dupin French
Publisher Esnauts et Rapilly French
Sitter Sir George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney British

1777–80

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Title: Le Sieur Georges Rodney Admiral, Commandant en chef de la Flotte Angloise dans les Isles Antilles (Admiral Sir George Rodney, Chief Admiral of the English fleet in the Antilles)

Artist and engraver: Nicolas Dupin (French, active 1776–89)

Publisher: Esnauts et Rapilly (French, active 1766–1804)

Sitter: Sir George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (British, Walton-on-Thames 1719–1792 London)

Date: 1777–80

Medium: Etching and engraving

Dimensions: Plate: 7 3/8 × 5 1/16 in. (18.8 × 12.9 cm)
Sheet: 9 3/4 × 7 1/4 in. (24.7 × 18.4 cm)

Classification: Prints

Credit Line: Gift of Charles Allen Munn, 1924

Object Number: 24.90.450

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