An oval bust-length portrait of Richard Kempenfelt (1718–1782) in rear-admiral’s undress uniform, circa 1774–83. The portrait is framed in an oval surround which is inscribed ‘Admiral Kempenfelt’ and descried with a garland of foliage and ribbons. A globe and a telescope are placed beside the portrait on a fictive stone plinth featuring a representation of a naval engagement. Lettered beneath the image with the publication line: ‘Published June 29. 1782, by J. Walker.’ The portrait appears to have been loosely copied, in reverse, from Tilly Kettle’s full-length oil painting, which was produced in early 1782 and exhibited at the Royal Academy in May 1782 (see BHC2818). This print was published by John Walker in ‘The Westminster Magazine, or The Pantheon of Taste’ for June 1782 (volume 10), alongside ‘An Account of Admiral Richard Kempenfelt (pp. 283–4). Kempenfelt died shortly after this biographical account of his life and career was published, drowning along with over 800 others when his flagship, the ‘Royal George’, 100 guns, sank at Spithead in August 1782. (Updated April 2019.)