Alexander Pope (1688-1744), Poet
Sitter associated with 44 portraits
The son of a linen-draper, Pope was first noticed by Jacob Tonson who published his Pastorals in 1709. With The Rape of the Lock 1712, and his translations of Homer, Pope became the most formidable literary figure of his day, with a large circle of friends and enemies. Primarily a satirical poet and of unsurpassed metrical skill, he wrote 'what oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed'. A friend of Swift and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and famous in the history of landscape gardening for the grounds of his villa at Twickenham, he was revered as one of the great personalities of the age.
by George White, sold by Samuel Sympson, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, 1732 (1722)
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by George White, sold by Samuel Sympson, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, 1732 (1722)
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by Jonathan Richardson
etching, circa 1736
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by and sold by John Faber Jr, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, 1738 (1721)
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by and sold by John Faber Jr, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
mezzotint, 1738 (1721)
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by Charles Grignion, after Jean Baptiste van Loo
line engraving, published 1747
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by Jacobus Houbraken, published by John & Paul Knapton, after Arthur Pond
line engraving, 1747
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after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
line engraving, late 18th century
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by James Caldwall, after Charles Jervas
line engraving, published 1779
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by Joseph Collyer the Younger, after Sir Godfrey Kneller, Bt
line engraving, published 1787
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after Jonathan Richardson
stipple engraving, published 1824
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'Pope, Allen and Warburton at Prior Park'
by Richard James Lane, published by M & N Hanhart, after E. Kilvert
lithograph, published circa 1839-1865
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by George Vertue, after Charles Jervas
line engraving, 1715 (circa 1714)
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by George Vertue, after Charles Jervas
line engraving, 1715 (circa 1714)
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by George Vertue, after Charles Jervas
engraving, 1715 (circa 1714)
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by Photographische Gesellschaft, after Jonathan Richardson
photogravure, (circa 1737)
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by and sold by John Faber Jr, after Jean Baptiste van Loo
mezzotint, (1742)
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by Jacobus Houbraken, published by John & Paul Knapton, after Arthur Pond
line engraving, 1747
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