The Right Hon.ble William Anne, Keppel, Earl of Albemarle

Date1751

Engraver John Faber Jr. (1684 - 1756)

After work by Jean Fournier

OriginEngland, London

MediumMezzotint with line engraving

DimensionsOverall: 12 1/8 × 9 7/8in. (30.8 × 25.1cm)

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1947-8

DescriptionLower margin reads: "I. Fournier Pinx.t a La haye 1749 / I. Faber fecit 1751. / The Right Hon..ble William Anne, Keppel, Earl of Albemarle, Viscount Bury,/ Baron of Ashford, Groom of the Stole, Governour & Captn. General of Virginia, Colonel of Coldstream/ Regiment of Foot, Lt. General of His Majesty's Forces, Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary / to the Court of France, one of the Privy Council & Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter &c. / Price 2 shill: Sold at the Golden Han near the Church Bloomsbury Square."
Label TextPortrait print of William Anne Keppel, second earl of Albemarle (1702-1754) who served as the governor of Virginia from 1737 until his death in 1754, though he never went to America. Instead, he appointed lieutenant governors to oversee government in Williamsburg on his behalf.

This three-quarter length portrait of a man with his body turned toward the left and his head facing forward. He wears a wig, a coat, and a ribbon and star of garter. He carries a cocked hat under his left arm while his right arm rests on the cannon barrel. A battle is seen in the background.