The ‘Admirals Room’, George’s pantheon of naval heroes at Carlton House, contained two portraits by Reynolds of Admirals Keppel and Rodney. Rodney was a close ally of George, describing him as ‘our great, amiable and Royal friend’. Both this painting and the portrait of Nelson are framed in specially-commissioned ‘Admiral frames’, with naval-themed cartouches, made by the skilled wood-carver Edward Wyatt in 1808.

Commissioned in 1788