Portrait of Samuel Pepys
Date
late 17th century
Sitter
Samuel Pepys (1633 - 1703, British) , Diarist
Creator
Robert White (1645 - 1703, British) , Engraver
After
Godfrey Kneller (1646 - 1723, British) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 128mm
width (print): 90mm
width (print): 90mm
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of Samuel Pepys, wearing a long wig, lace cravat and robe. Turned to the right as viewed, head inclined towards the viewer. In an oval frame, presented as a trompe l’oeil sheet of paper
Plate from a grangerized copy of A history of the Royal Society, with memoirs of the Presidents…by Charles Richard Weld (London, John W. Parker, 1848). In this edition, the original two volumes were extended to eight volumes with the addition of extra-illustrations and documents, by Alexander Meyrick Broadley.
The print appears at p.279 in volume 3 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. Weld’s text notes that Pepys was a contributor to the Royal Society’s museum Repository.
Inscription above: ‘Mens cujusque is est Quisque’. Inscribed below: ‘SAM. PEPYS. CAR. ET IAC. ANGL. REGIB. A SECRETIS ADMIRALIAE. R.W. Sculp.’.
Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) British naval official and diarist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1665. He served as President of the Royal Society 1684-1686.
Plate from a grangerized copy of A history of the Royal Society, with memoirs of the Presidents…by Charles Richard Weld (London, John W. Parker, 1848). In this edition, the original two volumes were extended to eight volumes with the addition of extra-illustrations and documents, by Alexander Meyrick Broadley.
The print appears at p.279 in volume 3 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. Weld’s text notes that Pepys was a contributor to the Royal Society’s museum Repository.
Inscription above: ‘Mens cujusque is est Quisque’. Inscribed below: ‘SAM. PEPYS. CAR. ET IAC. ANGL. REGIB. A SECRETIS ADMIRALIAE. R.W. Sculp.’.
Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) British naval official and diarist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1665. He served as President of the Royal Society 1684-1686.
Object history
Print from Charles Richard Weld's 2 volume A history of the Royal Society... (London, John W. Parker, 1848) grangerized by the writer and collector Alexander Meyrick Broadley (1847–1916) into 8 volumes, adding illustrative material and manuscript items to Weld's text. The books were initially owned by Ludwig Mond FRS (1839–1909), and according to an inscription by his son Robert Ludwig Mond FRS (1867–1938) they were intended for presentation to the Society. This eventually happened in late 1959, the donor being the politician Harry Nathan (1889–1963), Lord Nathan of Churt.
Related fellows
Charles Richard Weld (1813 - 1869, British) , Author
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