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Alexander Pope, Esq.

Jacobus Houbraken

Artwork Details

Alexander Pope, Esq.
1747
Jacobus Houbraken
etching and engraving on wove paper
16 3/4 x 10 5/16 in. (42.55 x 26.19 cm);22 x 18 in. (55.88 x 45.72 cm);13 3/4 x 8 7/16 in. (34.92 x 21.43 cm)
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink
2012/2.209A

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Jacobus Houbraken
Netherlands, 1698–1780
Alexander Pope, Esq.
1747
Etching and engraving on wove paper
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink, 2012/2.209

Subject Matter:

Portrait of Alexander Pope.

Physical Description:

The upper portion of this print depicts an ornate round frame inside of which is a three quarter portrait of a man from the waist up with his left hand held to his head. The lower portion of the print depicts the base on which the frame rests decorated with a classical scene of figures in a landscape. A collection of objects including books, a mask, a crown, a tambourine and sheet music rest atop the base.

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