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Elizabeth Pepys

3 of 4 portraits of Elizabeth Pepys

Elizabeth Pepys, by James Thomson (Thompson), after John Hayls, published January 1828 - NPG - © National Portrait Gallery, London

© National Portrait Gallery, London

Elizabeth Pepys

by James Thomson (Thompson), after John Hayls
stipple engraving, published January 1828
8 7/8 in. x 5 3/4 in. (225 mm x 145 mm) paper size
Reference Collection
NPG D5507


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Artistsback to top

  • John Hayls (1600?-1679). Artist associated with 6 portraits, Sitter associated with 1 portrait.
  • James Thomson (Thompson) (baptised 1788-1850), Engraver. Artist associated with 136 portraits.

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This print records the painting by John Hayls that Pepys commissioned of his wife in February 1666. The portrait probably hung as a pendant to Pepys' own portrait by Halys shown here and the posture was designed to show Elizabeth in the role of St. Catherine. The painting was destroyed in the nineteenth century.

Related worksback to top

  • NPG D5508: Elizabeth Pepys (impression from same plate as)
  • NPG D19863: Elizabeth Pepys (impression from same plate as)

Linked publicationsback to top

  • Foskett, Daphne, Samuel Cooper, 1974 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 15 March - 15 June 1974), p. 129

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