A three-quarter-length portrait of Richard Kempenfelt (1718–1782) in flag officer’s undress uniform, circa 1774–83, with a sword at his hip. He rests his arms on the top of a telescope with two ships in the background on the right and rocks on the left. Lettered below the image with the title, ‘Rear Admiral Richard Kempenfelt’, and a facsimile of the sitter’s signature. Also lettered with the production details, ‘Painted by Kettle. / Engraved by H. Robinson.’ This impression has been cut down, removing the publication line. For an impression with the publication line, see PAD2924. This portrait was engraved by Henry Robinson after an original painting by Tilly Kettle in the Greenwich Hospital Collection (see BHC2818). The engraver has reduced Kettle’s full-length depiction of the sitter to a three-quarter-length format. Kettle’s painting was produced in early 1782 and exhibited at the Royal Academy in May of that year, shortly before Kempenfelt drowned when the ‘Royal George’, 100 guns, sank at Spithead in August 1782. This print is a reprint with new lettering of the plate originally issued 1 October 1831 by Harding and Lepard in E. H. Locker's 'Memoirs of Celebrated Naval Commanders...' (1831/2). (Updated April 2019.)]