Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope
(1857-1940), ArtistSitter in 7 portraits
Artist associated with 17 portraits
The son of Charles West Cope, a successful history and genre painter. Cope trained at Carey's Art School before moving to the Royal Academy schools. He went on to establish his own portrait practice, exhibiting 288 works at the Royal Academy and the Royal Society of Portrait Painters between 1876 and 1935. He combined this prolific output with a prestigious roll-call of sitters, ranging from Kings Edward VII, George V and Edward VIII, to Kaiser Willhelm II and the Archbishop of Canterbury. His high-profile works and successful style won him many honours: in 1900 he became a fellow of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters; in 1910 he was elected Royal Academician; and in 1917 he was knighted.
by Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope
oil on canvas, after 1897
NPG 1509
by Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope
oil on canvas, 1904
NPG 6212
Henry Thurstan Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford
by Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope
oil on canvas, 1906
NPG 2947
Michael Edward Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn
by Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope
oil on canvas, 1906
NPG 2948
Henry Chaplin, 1st Viscount Chaplin
by Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope
oil on canvas, 1908
NPG 4865
Alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter
by Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope
oil on canvas, 1918
NPG 3971
by Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope
oil on canvas, 1921
On display at Old War Office, London
NPG 1913
by Richard William Artlett, after Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope
photograph, 24 November 1894 (1894)
NPG D39838
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
published by The Autotype Company, after Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope
photogravure, published 15 June 1900
NPG D42738
by The Autotype Company, after Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope
photogravure, before 1935 (1904)
NPG D35329
Henry Thurstan Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford
by The Autotype Company, after Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope
collotype, before 1938 (1906)
NPG D37121
Aretas Akers-Douglas, 1st Viscount Chilston
after Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope
photogravure, (1910)
NPG D33186
by Elliott & Fry, after Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope
half-plate glass negative, 18 April 1951 (1900)
NPG x100052
Charles Robert Wynn-Carington, Marquess of Lincolnshire
by Daniel Albert Wehrschmidt (later Veresmith), after Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope
mezzotint, 1901
NPG D49712
Richard Everard Webster, Viscount Alverstone
printed by The Autotype Company, after The Autotype Company
sand-grain photogravure, 1903 or after
NPG D49389
after Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope
photogravure, 1909 or earlier, based on a work of 1900
NPG D49766
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