Strauss & co - 12 October 2015, Cape Town

155 380 Arthur David MCCORMICK BRITISH 1 860-1943 Samuel Pepys on Board Ship, May 13th 1660 signed oil on canvas 90 by 110cm R60 000–80 000 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.