'THE HON. AUGUSTUS KEPPEL'
published by William Doughty (1757-1781/2) after Sir Joshua Reynolds R.A.
mezzotint on laid paper, one soft crease to the image, pale spotting, published by the artist, London, 1779. 450 x 330mm.; together with three further mezzotint portraits of Augustus Keppel by or after Sir Joshua Reynolds, J. Jehner and others, various conditions
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Augustus Keppel (1725-1786) was a British Royal Navy officer from a leading Whig aristocratic family. He was a descendant of the 1st Duke of Richmond (an illegitimate son of King Charles II). He saw action in North America during the Seven Years' War (1756-1763) against France, Austria and Russia and was First Lord of the Admiralty during the War of American Independence from 1775-1783. Latterly he was MP for Chichester from 1755 to 1761, then for Windsor from 1761 to 1780 and finally for Surrey from 1780 to 1782.

Condition Report
The three-quarter-length portrait after Reynolds has several creases in the upper right of the image. The anonymous three-quarter-length portrait of Keppel has thread margins.

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