William Keable

William Keable (or Keeble) (1715–1774) was an English painter of portraits and conversation pieces.

[1] He was the son of John and Ann Keable and baptised at Cratfield, Suffolk in October 1715.

His main period of success as an artist was in the 1740s and 1750s; he was a member of the St Martin’s Lane Academy in 1754.

He specialised in the painting of portraits, especially of American colonists, particularly from Charleston, South Carolina, who were visiting London.

By 1761 he had left England to settle in Italy, where he continued to paint portraits, becoming a member of the Accademico della Clementina in 1770.