Admiral Keppel. London Magazine July 1778

An oval bust-length portrait of Augustus Keppel (1725–1786) in rear-admiral’s full-dress uniform, 1767–87, draped with a flag and hanging above a baton of command. Lettered above the image, ‘London Mag. July 1778’, and below, ‘Admiral Keppel’. This print was published by R. Baldwin as an illustration in ‘The London Magazine or Gentleman’s Monthly Intelligencer’, volume 47 (July 1778), opposite page 291, alongside ‘Historical Memoirs of Admiral Keppel’. The magazine described the print as ‘a striking Resemblance, drawn from an original Picture in the Possession of the Family’. (Updated May 2019.)

Object Details

ID: PAD2930
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Date made: July 1778
People: Keppel, Augustus
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 167 x 112 mm; Mount: 480 mm x 315 mm