Portrait of Samuel Pepys
Date
1690
Sitter
Samuel Pepys (1633 - 1703, British) , Naval administrator
Creator
Robert White (1645 - 1703, British) , Engraver
After
Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723, British) , Portraitist
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 160mm
width (print): 102mm
height (paper support): 225mm
width (paper support): 152mm
width (print): 102mm
height (paper support): 225mm
width (paper support): 152mm
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Samuel Pepys, turned to the right as viewed and looking out to viewer. He wears long wig and lace cravat. In an oval frame on pedestal.
Inscribed ‘SAM PEPYS CAR ET IAC ANGL REGIB A SECRETIS ADMIRALIA. G. Knellier Pinx. ‘R.White Sculp. Mens cujusque is est Quisque' and pencilled ‘1664’.
Samuel Pepys was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1665 and was President from 1684 to 1686.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.61
Inscribed ‘SAM PEPYS CAR ET IAC ANGL REGIB A SECRETIS ADMIRALIA. G. Knellier Pinx. ‘R.White Sculp. Mens cujusque is est Quisque' and pencilled ‘1664’.
Samuel Pepys was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1665 and was President from 1684 to 1686.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.61
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