Portrait of Augustus Keppel

Portrait of Augustus Keppel is a 1749 portrait painting by the English artist Joshua Reynolds and depicting the British naval officer Augustus Keppel.

[1] The two men met the same year at the artist accompanied Keppel on an expedition to the Mediterranean.

He sat for Reynolds at Port Mahon and Minorca is depicted in the background.

Visible on the right is a squadron of Royal Navy ships led by the Centurion.

[2] In contrast to the more epic style Reynolds would later use for military figures, Keppel is portrayed as "upstanding and admirable, but he is hardly a transcendent hero".

Portrait of Keppel in 1752.