Property of the late Dr Erika Pohl Stroher (1919-2016)
Ozias Humphry, R.A.
Portrait of Admiral Augustus Keppel (1725-1786), circa 1780
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December 9, 05:34 PM GMT
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800 - 1,200 GBP
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Property of the late Dr Erika Pohl Stroher (1919-2016)
Ozias Humphry, R.A.
Honiton, Devon 1742 - 1810 London
Portrait of Admiral Augustus Keppel (1725-1786), circa 1780
watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, gilt-metal frame
4.9 by 3.7 cm.; 2 by 1½ in.
With Edwin Bucher, Trogen, by 1985
Humphry's has based this miniature on Sir Joshua Reynold's oil on canvas of this celebrated sitter which is now housed in the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich (acc. no. 2011-05-01).