Sir Winston Churchill, O.M, R.A (1874-1965).

The Terrace at Mrs Alice Keppel's (1848-1947) Villa d'Ombrellino, nr.Florence, c. 1930-35.

Alice was the longterm mistress of Edward VII &great Granny to Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall.

Private collection.

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I'm a day late, but I have to admit that—besides Stuart hunks Rupert and Monmouth—I have a thing for the womanising Arnold Joost van Keppel. Those lips! That chin! *swoons*

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In 1749 he met Commodore Keppel & joined him on a voyage to the Mediterranean. As part of his journey he spent two years in Italy studying Italian art. Portraits of Keppel by Reynolds (1752, 1749, 1779 & 1780). He came away from Italy with notions of grandeur.

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KEPPEL19 ピクシブにて掲載中!

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