| Portrait of Augustus Keppel | |
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| Artist | Joshua Reynolds |
| Year | 1749 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait painting |
| Dimensions | 127 cm × 101.5 cm (50 in × 40.0 in) |
| Location | National Maritime Museum, London |
Portrait of Augustus Keppel is a 1749 portrait painting by the English artist Joshua Reynolds and depicting the British naval officer Augustus Keppel.[1] The two men met the same year at the artist accompanied Keppel on an expedition to the Mediterranean. He sat for Reynolds at Port Mahon and Minorca is depicted in the background. Visible on the right is a squadron of Royal Navy ships led by the Centurion.[2] In contrast to the more epic style Reynolds would later use for military figures, Keppel is portrayed as "upstanding and admirable, but he is hardly a transcendent hero".[3]
It was the first of numerous portraits he would paint of Keppel throughout his career.[4] Today it is in the collection of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.[5] Reynolds painted a full-length portrait of Keppel as in 1752, which is also in the Museum.[6]
- ^ Mancini p.48
- ^ "Commodore the Honourable Augustus Keppel | Royal Museums Greenwich".
- ^ Fullagar p.5
- ^ De Bruyn & Regan p.307-08
- ^ "Commodore the Honourable Augustus Keppel | Royal Museums Greenwich".
- ^ "Captain the Honourable Augustus Keppel, 1725-86 | Royal Museums Greenwich".