Maritiem Digitaal
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Figurine of Keppel
| titel | Figurine of Keppel
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| inventarisnummer | ZBA4291
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| collectie | Ceramics
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| museum | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
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| datum | 1767-70
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| omschrijving | Full-length figure of a naval officer wearing the uniform of a Royal Navy captain over three years, of the 1767-74 pattern. The figure is thought to represent Admiral Augustus Keppel (1725-86).
The figure wears a uniform coat coloured blue with white and gold lapels and cuffs, pale yellow breeches, white stockings, black buckle shoes and a white waistcoat decorated in gold. He stands with his right arm across his body holding a scroll. Behind his left leg is a white plinth bearing a caduceus in relief, on top of which are what appears to be a representation of two boat bows and a purple cap. Beside the plinth is a gun with a flag on a flagpole draped over it, together with an anchor, the rope of which is arranged in a coil. The shaped base has reeding and gold borders, and two putti by Keppel's right leg. One sits on the edge of the base blowing a shell, with a fishing net over his knees, the other stands behind him holding a scroll (wings missing).
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| afmetingen | Overall: 300 x 140 x 100 mm
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