Portrait of Samuel Pepys
Painting by John Hayls
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Portrait of Samuel Pepys is a 1666 portrait painting by the English artist John Hayls depicting the politician and writer Samuel Pepys.[1] A long-serving Tory Member of Parliament and President of the Royal Society, he is best known today for his diaries portraying life in London during the Restoration era.
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| Artist | John Hayls |
| Year | 1666 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, portrait painting |
| Dimensions | 75.6 cm × 62.9 cm (29.8 in × 24.8 in) |
| Location | National Portrait Gallery, London |
Pepys hired an Indian gown of brown silk to wear in the painting.[2] He paid Hayls seventeen pounds for the work.[3] It was painted from March to May 1666, between the Plague epidemic and the Great Fire of London. Pepys is portrayed holding a sheet of music. The painting is in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery in London, having been purchased in 1866.[4]
