An oval bust-length portrait of Richard Kempenfelt (1718–1782) in rear-admiral’s undress uniform, circa 1774–83. A thick oval frame surrounds the portrait, above which are swags of drapery. Underneath the portrait in a rectangular frame is a representation of the sinking of the ‘Royal George’, 100 guns, at Spithead on 29 August 1782, in which Kempenfelt drowned along with more than 800 others. Lettered beneath the image with the title, ‘Admiral Kempenfelt’, and the production details, ‘Kettle pinxt. / Pollard scult.’ The portrait is derived in reverse from Tilly Kettle’s full-length oil painting of early 1782 (see BHC2818), probably via an earlier engraving (see, for example, PAG7211). (Updated April 2019.)