Arthur David McCormick
Samuel Pepys on Board Ship, May 13th 1660
LOT 380
Arthur David McCormick
Samuel Pepys on Board Ship, May 13th 1660
About this Item
signed
Notes
The event depicted relates to Charles II' s return to England to claim the throne after the death of Oliver Cromwell. The tailors on board are displaying a royalist flag which they have made by applying a yellow crown on to a white sheet. A label with an extract from Pepys' diary relating to this event is adhered to the reverse.






