23 July 1665 Up very betimes, called by Mr. Cutler, by appointment, and with him in his coach and four horses over London Bridge to Kingston, a very pleasant journey, and at Hampton Court by nine o’clock, and in our way very good and various discourse, as he is a man, that though I think he be a knave, as the world thinks him, yet a man of great experience and worthy to be heard discourse. … I followed the King to chappell, and there hear a good sermon … Cutler carried me to Mr. Marriott’s the house-keeper, and there we had a very good dinner and good company, among others Lilly, the painter. ... forced to get a boat to carry me to Kingston, and there, after eating a bit at a neat inne, which pleased me well, I took boat, and slept all the way, without intermission, from thence to Queenhive, where, it being about two o’clock, too late and too soon to go home to bed, I lay and slept till about four. William Cutler Queenhithe Pepys is usually referring to the wharf and stairs on the north bank of the River Thames. Peter Lely: 1618-1680. A painter of Dutch origin. He was the most popular portrait artist in England. Portrait of a Lady by Peter Lely