Pepys Collection

Foot Ball at Rugby, 1845. Creator: Smyth
Foot Ball at Rugby, 1845. Schoolboys playing rugby football at the public school where the game was invented in about 1845

The Navy Office, Crutched Friars, London, 1714, (1943). Creator: Unknown
The Navy Office, Crutched Friars, London, 1714, (1943). View of the building in the City of London where diarist Samuel Pepys worked as Clerk of the Acts to the Navy Board from 1660 till 1677

The Pepys Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge, late 19th-early 20th century. Creators: Unknown
The Pepys Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge, late 19th-early 20th century. View of the Pepys Building which was built between 1670 and 1703

The Old George, Salisbury, Wiltshire, 1936. Creator: Unknown
The Old George, Salisbury, Wiltshire, 1936. The Old George Inn on Salisbury high street, a coaching inn between London and the South West, dating from 1364

Samuel Pepys, (c1878). Creator: Unknown
Samuel Pepys, (c1878). Pepys (1633-1703) was a naval administrator and Member of Parliament. His private diaries, first published in the 19th century

The Church of Allhallows, Barking, in 1750, (c1872). Creator: Unknown
The Church of Allhallows, Barking, in 1750, (c1872). Also known as All Hallows-by-the-Tower, the church on Byward Street in the City of London was founded in 675 AD

A Whip for Van Tromp, the Admiralty, 1883, (c1902). Creator: Unknown
A Whip for Van Tromp, the Admiralty, 1883, (c1902). Painting in the New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester. Another version of the picture is entitled A New Whip for the Dutch

View Looking Inwards of Samuel Pepyss Library in York Building, 1928
View Looking Inwards of Samuel Pepyss Library in York Building. From a Contemporary Drawing in the Catalogue in the Pepys Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge, 1928. From Old Furniture, Volume III

View Towards the Thames in Samuel Pepyss Library, York Buildings, 1928
View Looking Towards the Thames of the Library in Samuel Pepyss Library in York Buildings from a Contemporary Drawing in the Catalogue in the Pepys Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge, 1928

The Pepys Library, Magdalene College, Cambridge, 1928. From Old Furniture, Volume III. edited by Lieut.-Col. E. F. Strange, C.B.E. [Old Furniture Ltd. London, 1928]

Interior view of Mr Pepys library in York Buildings, Westminster, London, c1670

Rescued from the Plague, 1898. Artist: Francis William Topham
Rescued from the Plague, 1898; a child is being lifted through an open window during the outbreak of plague which occured in 1665. To the right, a sick woman sits in a doorway

Samuel Pepys, English diarist and naval administrator, c1690 (1894). Artist: Robert White
Samuel Pepys (1633-1703), English diarist and naval administrator, c1690 (1894). From A Collection of Engraved Portraits (Further Selection) Exhibited by the Late James Anderson Rose

The Lord Chancellor In His Coronation Robes, 1937. From The Sphere - Coronation Record Number. [The Sphere, London, 1937]

Epsom Race Course, 1940. The first recorded race was held on the Downs in 1661, although it is likely that racing was established much earlier than this

Samuel Pepys, taken from a series of cigarette cards, 1935
Samuel Pepys (1633-1703), English naval administrator and Member of Parliament who is most famous for the diary he kept for a decade

Buckden Cottage, Brampton, 1924-1926. Artist: AT Handley
Buckden Cottage, Brampton, Cambridgeshire, 1924-1926. This house is associated with Samuel Pepys. It belonged to Pepys uncle, Robert, who left it to Pepys father in his will

Samuel Pepys, English naval administrator and Member of Parliament, 1690s, (c1920s). Pepys (1633-1703) is famous chiefly for his comprehensive diary

Letter by Samuel Pepys to John Jackson, Esq, 1700 (1865). Artist: Frederick George Netherclift
Letter by Samuel Pepys to John Jackson, Esq, 1700 (1865). A print from The Autograph Souvenir, A collection of Autograph Letters, Interesting Documents, &c, Executed in Facsimile

King James II of England, (1787). Artist: John Goldar
King James II of England, (1787). Portrait of James (1633-1701), the second surviving son of King Charles I, who became king on the death of his brother, Charles II

Elizabeth Pepys (1640-1669), 19th century. Elizabeth Pepys was the wife of Samuel Pepys, the famous naval administrator, member of parliament and diarist

Samuel Pepys, English diarist, (19th century). Portrait of Pepys (1633-1703), who was a naval administrator and Member of Parliament

Charles Christopher Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham, Lord Chancellor of England, 1877. Portrait of Pepys (1781-1851) in wig and ceremonial robes

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