By James Gillray.
Print shows Rodney kneeling before George III, seated on a throne, his sceptre in his right hand. Rodney's right hand is held out towards de Grasse, who stands behind him and on his right; in his left hand he holds a sword, its hilt resting on the ground at the king's feet. He is saying, “Sire, I have done my Duty & at your Royal Feet, I lay the Scourge of these Destroyers”. Fox and Keppel stand one on each side of the king. Fox is saying, “This Fellow must be recalled, he fights too well for us - & I have obligations to Pigot, for he has lost 17000 at my Faro Bank”. Keppel looks at a paper held in his right hand saying, “This is the very Ship I ought to have taken on the 27th of July”. The word “Ville” is just legible on the paper, the allusion being to de Grasse's flag-ship the Ville de Paris, taken on 12 Apr. 1782.