The portraits in Pepys's Library all seem to be of his friends. Pepys's own portrait must have hung elsewhere. It is possible that Pepys reframed some of his pictures to obtain a uniform set for his Library.
Research is in progress with a view to publication.
The tablets on the Kit-cat Club frames are the earliest frame tablets in the exhibition identifying the subject of a picture. The original fluting in the hollow of the frame is now being exposed to view by stripping off the later gesso. This work is ongoing. On the basis of limited further evidence I am inclined to see the decoration of this frame as the responsibility of the artist rather than the sitter. It has now been established that this is the trade catalogue of Richard Scully.