Samuel Pepys
(1633-1703), Diarist and naval administratorLater Stuart Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 12 portraits
Pepys was appointed Clerk of the Acts and Clerk of the Privy Seal in 1660, Surveyor-General of the Victualling in 1665 and Secretary of the Admiralty in 1673. Famed for diaries that he wrote between 1660 and 1669, his skill lay in his close observation and total recall of the details of his private life and thoughts on social and political life in London. A passionate man, his great loves were his library, the theatre and 'music and women'. His professional pre occupations were with economics and politics but he retired following the Revolution of 1688 after refusing to swear an oath of allegiance to William and Mary. However, he remained a key figure in social, intellectual and naval circles.
attributed to John Riley
oil on canvas, circa 1690
NPG 2100
probably after John Closterman
oil on canvas, 1690s
On display at Gawthorpe Hall, Burnley
NPG 2092
by Robert White, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
line engraving, published 1690
NPG D30958
by Robert White, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
line engraving, published 1690
NPG D5505
by Robert White, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
line engraving, published 1690
NPG D19176
by Thomas Bragg, published by Henry Colburn, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
line engraving, published May 1825
NPG D19296
by Charles Wentworth Wass, published by Richard Bentley, after Robert Walker
stipple and line engraving, published 1840
NPG D13885
by Charles William Sherborn, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
etching, 1885
NPG D21199
Diploma of membership of the Samuel Pepys Club for Sir Edmund Gosse
after John Hayls
aquatint photogravure, 1905 (1666)
NPG D18073
issued by Sarony & Co, after John Hayls
gravure cigarette card, 1924 (1666)
NPG D48933
by Robert White, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
line engraving, published 1690
NPG D5506
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