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A Derby figure of Augustus Keppel
wearing military uniform, modelled standing, a tricorn hat under his right arm and his hand in his pocket, a cannon and shield at his feet, on a square base with arcaded section, incised Nô240/2 G , circa 1780 (sword deficient, a crack to the underside of the base, minor tiny chips and rubbing to gilding and enamels) -- 22cm. high
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wearing military uniform, modelled standing, a tricorn hat under his right arm and his hand in his pocket, a cannon and shield at his feet, on a square base with arcaded section, incised Nô240/2 G , circa 1780 (sword deficient, a crack to the underside of the base, minor tiny chips and rubbing to gilding and enamels) -- 22cm. high
See illustration
Literature
Cf. Surgeon Captain P. D. Gordon Pugh, Naval Ceramics (1971), col. pl. 3. According to the author (p. 19), 'although the figure has not as yet been shown to be based on a painting by Reynolds, the facial features are very similar to those of the portrait executed by Reynolds in 1779, now in the National Maritime Museum'.
Special notice
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