Lot 352
18th century English School
HALF LENGTH PORTRAIT OF GEORGE, LORD VISCOUNT BURY
The Lord Constantine Collection
Auction: 12 October 2007 at 12:00 BST
£5,280
Description
Oil on canvas
76cm x 63cm
Footnote
Note: Bears indistinct inscription verso; ‘George, Lord Viscount Bury… Oldest son to William Anne van Keppel… Earl of Albemarle… the 2nd regiment of George, Lord… To his Royal Highness the Duke… Conqueror of the Havannah 1762’
George Keppel (1724 – 1772) was 3rd Viscount Bury, 3rd Earl of Albemarle, 3rd Baron Ashford, M.P. for Chichester, Keeper and Governor of Jersey, Lord of the Bedchamber to the Duke of Cumberland, Commander of the 20th Foot, and General. He was 3rd in line of descent from King Charles II.
Keppel was the Commander-in-Chief of the invasion and occupation of Havana and west Cuba in 1762.