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'Admiral Sir Richard Goodwin Keats. G. C. B. Governor of the Royal Hospital, Greenwich'
Portrait.
This is engraved from Jackson's oil painting of about 1817 (BHC2975). Keats (1757-1834) had a very active career in both American and French Wars and became Governor at Greenwich in 1821 as a vice-admiral, rising to admiral by seniority in 1825. When he died in 1834 his early naval friend, the 'sailor king' William IV, commissioned a bust of him by Chantrey in his memory which still stands in the Chapel (see PAI8792), paired with one by Behnes commemorating his successor as Governor (1834-39), Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy. He is shown here wearing the sash and star of the GCB and a captain's medal for his part as flag-captain to Sir John Duckworth at the Battle of San Domingo in 1806.
This is engraved from Jackson's oil painting of about 1817 (BHC2975). Keats (1757-1834) had a very active career in both American and French Wars and became Governor at Greenwich in 1821 as a vice-admiral, rising to admiral by seniority in 1825. When he died in 1834 his early naval friend, the 'sailor king' William IV, commissioned a bust of him by Chantrey in his memory which still stands in the Chapel (see PAI8792), paired with one by Behnes commemorating his successor as Governor (1834-39), Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy. He is shown here wearing the sash and star of the GCB and a captain's medal for his part as flag-captain to Sir John Duckworth at the Battle of San Domingo in 1806.
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Object Details
| ID: | PAF3551 |
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| Collection: | Fine art |
| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Ward, William; Jackson, John |
| Date made: | 1825-1834; 1825-34 |
| People: | Keats, Richard Goodwin |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 336 x 256 mm; Mount: 557 mm x 406 mm |