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Famous for his diaries, Pepys was an important naval administrator, and 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. He fell from favour in 1679 and again in 1689, and spent brief periods in the Tower. His Diary, a unique social document, written in shorthand, was begun on 1 January 1660 and ends in 1669 when Pepys believed, mistakenly, that he was going blind. In his diary, Pepys records on 17 March 1666: 'I sit to have it full of shadows and so almost break my neck looking over my shoulders to make the posture for him to work by'. There were more sittings on 20, 23, 28 and 30 March, when he sat 'till almost quite darke upon working my gowne which I hired to be drawne in; an Indian gowne'.
Title
Samuel Pepys
Date
1666
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 75.6 x W 62.9 cm
Accession number
211
Acquisition method
Purchased, 1866
Work type
Painting