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A half-length portrait to right wearing flag officer's undress uniform, 1748–1767, with the coat buttoned across. He wears his own hair. Keppel was the second son of the Earl of Albemarle, part of a powerful Whig family who came to England in 1688 with William III. In 1740 he joined Commodore Anson on his four-year voyage round the world in the 'Centurion'. In 1749 he went as commodore to the Mediterranean, and took Joshua Reynolds with him. This marked the beginning of a close lifelong friendship between them. In 1758 Keppel commanded a small expedition, which captured the island fortress of Goree, off Dakar on the West African coast. At the Battle of Quiberon Bay, 20 November 1759, he commanded the 'Torbay', 74 guns, and played a notable part by sinking the French 'Thesée', 74 guns.
Reynolds was the most influential figure of the century in elevating British painting and portraiture. He borrowed poses from the old masters and created social portraits in a new style that were deemed fresh and modern, and yet dignified the status of the sitter.
Title
Admiral Augustus Keppel (1725–1786)
Date
1765
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 76 x W 63.5 cm
Accession number
BHC2820
Work type
Painting