FDA-E.1272-2014
Parts
Object number
FDA-E.1272-2014
Object type
Identification
Title
Richard Kempenfelt
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Comments
1st state
Other number
SW 88
Description
Content (person)
Kempenfelt, Richard, 1718 - 1782 (Sitter)
Dimensions
height (actual size): 390mm
width (actual size): 281mm
width (actual size): 281mm
Inscription
Lettered 'Richard Kempenfelt Esq. Rear Admiral of the Blue Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet.'
Inscribed in pencil 'proof' on back
Inscribed in pencil 'proof' on back
Inscription description
With collector's mark 'GWS' lower left corner
Production
Person
Earlom, Richard, 1743 - 1822 (Engraver)
Kettle, Tilly, 1735 - 1786 (Source artist)
Boydell, John, 1719 - 1804 (Publisher)
Kettle, Tilly, 1735 - 1786 (Source artist)
Boydell, John, 1719 - 1804 (Publisher)
Date
22/10/1782
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of George Warren Swire (1883-1949); by whom bequeathed to Eton College
Previous ownership
References
• Smith, J.C., British Mezzotinto Portraits, Part I, London: Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883 (pp. 251-252)
