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c. 1780

Plaque with Portrait of Admiral Rodney

Artist/maker unknown

Admiral Sir George Brydges Rodney (1719-1792) led the British fleet in their victory over the French at the Battle of the Saintes, near Martinique in the West Indies, on April 12, 1782. The battle was part of the American Revolutionary War.

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Artist/maker unknown, Plaque with Portrait of Admiral Rodney, c. 1780 | Philadelphia Art Museum