Pepys

A series of French fashion engravings reveal how Samuel Pepys remained fascinated by the power of fashion throughout his long life, according to a researcher.

Street performing in the square dates back to 1662 at least, when Samuel Pepys wrote in his diary about a marionette show.

After seeing a charred body hanging in a merchant’s warehouse, the diarist Samuel Pepys noted that “it pleased me much, though an ill sight.”

The chronicler Samuel Pepys recorded that she "commands the King as much as ever, and hath and doth what she will."

One account came from Samuel Pepys, a navy administrator who was a prolific diarist from 1660 to 1669 and kept detailed descriptions of his daily activities.