Admiral Augustus Keppel, 1779

  • William Doughty, English, 1757 - 1782
  • Joshua Reynolds, English, 1723-1792

Mezzotint printed in black ink on laid paper

  • Plate: 17 7/8 × 12 7/8 inches (45.4 × 32.7 cm) Sheet: 18 7/8 × 14 inches (47.9 × 35.6 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, Charles L. Freer Fund

44.287

Department

Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Inscribed, in plate, lower left: Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds Inscribed, lower right: Engraved by Willm. Doughty. Inscribed, center bottom margin: The Honble, Augustus Keppel: Admiral of the Blue & Commander in chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships | employed and to be employed in the Channel, Soundings, & c. In the Year 1778. | London Published as the Act directs March 12 1779 by Wilm. Doughty No. 4 Little [illegible]tchfield Street Cavendish Square. Inscribed, crossed-out in pencil, bottom left edge: c. 29695

1944-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

William Doughty; after Joshua Reynolds, Admiral Augustus Keppel, 1779, mezzotint printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Charles L. Freer Fund, 44.287.