Tilly Kettle
(1735-1786), PainterArtist associated with 20 portraits
Tilly Kettle was a painter who was active in India. Following training at Shipley's, St Martin's Lane, and the Duke of Richmond's Academies, he painted portraits in Oxford and the Midlands. Kettle travelled to India in 1768, probably at the suggestion of Admiral Sir Samuel Cornish, who sat for him with Thomas Parry and Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Kempenfeldt in the same year.
Ann (or Anne) Barry (née Street)
by Samuel De Wilde, after Tilly Kettle
mezzotint, 1768 or after
On display in Room 11 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG L269.B6.02
by Tilly Kettle
oil on canvas, circa 1772
NPG 81
by James Watson, printed by Robert Sayer, after Tilly Kettle
mezzotint, mid 18th century
NPG D36160
by James Watson, printed by Robert Sayer, after Tilly Kettle
mezzotint, mid 18th century
NPG D36161
after Tilly Kettle
mezzotint, circa 1750s
NPG D39558
by James Watson, after Tilly Kettle
mezzotint, late 18th century
NPG D38341
Polly Harrison ('Miss Polly with her Dove')
after Tilly Kettle
mezzotint, 1760s-1770s
NPG D2578
by Benjamin Green ('Pott'), after Tilly Kettle
mezzotint, 1760s
NPG D586
by Benjamin Green ('Pott'), after Tilly Kettle
mezzotint, 1760s
NPG D587
by Valentine Green, sold by Ryland and Bryer, after Tilly Kettle
mezzotint, circa 1765-1780
NPG D2937
by James Watson, printed for Robert Sayer, after Tilly Kettle
mezzotint, published 1 July 1769
NPG D38854
by James Watson, printed for Robert Sayer, after Tilly Kettle
mezzotint, published 1 July 1769
NPG D38855
by James Watson, printed for Robert Sayer, after Tilly Kettle
mezzotint, published 1 July 1769
NPG D38856
by P. or S. Paul (Samuel de Wilde?), after Tilly Kettle
mezzotint, 1770s
NPG D15162
by Richard Earlom, published by John Boydell, after Tilly Kettle
mezzotint, published 1782 (exhibited 1782)
NPG D36828
by Richard Earlom, published by John Boydell, after Tilly Kettle
mezzotint, published 22 October 1782 (exhibited 1782)
NPG D36829
by and published by William Dickinson, after Tilly Kettle
mezzotint, published 25 April 1783
NPG D38306
by Anthony Cardon, after Tilly Kettle
stipple engraving, published 1811 (1762)
NPG D5941
Charlotte Charlton (née Paine); Mary Kettle (née Paine)
by Robert Bowyer Parkes, after Tilly Kettle
mezzotint, late 19th century (1750s)
NPG D39509
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