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Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

Represented work of art
Artist
Material
Dimensions0.368 (14 1/2 inches)
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Subject
Inscription
  • Inscribed QUI NIL; MOLITUR INEPTE, on back A. POPE AE. 50 L. F. Roubiliac Sc. It. Adated Vivum 1738.
Provenance
  • Leeds City Art Galleries; Possibly The bus of Pope mentioned as being at Kenwood in The Ambulator, 8 ed., 1796, P. 154; G. D. Hobson's possession in 1932; Sotheby sale 17 November 1933 (63), R. H. Muir of Pope's House, Binfield, Bracknell; Sotheby's, 21 November 1941; H. Calmann; purchased in 1942 by: ; Leeds City Art Galleries
Exhibition history
  • Leeds, Acquisitions 1942 (13); Liverpool, Painting and Sculpture in England 1700-1750, 1958, (43); Kenwood, 19 Century Portrait Busts, 1959 (21); National Portrait Gallery, Portraits of Alexander Pope, 1961; Royal Academy of Arts, Primitives to Picasso, 1962 (411) Kenwood, London, 'The true resemblance of Lord Mansfield', July-August 1971 (3)
Publication history
  • K. Esdaile, Louis Francois Roubiliac, 1928, pp. 47-8; Country Life, 1932, Vol. LXXI, p. 152; F. Saxl and R. Wittkower, British Art and the Mediterranean, 1948, p. 68; W. K. Wimsatt, The Portraits of Alexander Pope, 1965, pp. 235-7, ill. (Yale).
Photographic source
Object FormatPhotographic Print
Photograph Source
Negative Number71/7443
Archival context
Object numberPA-F00958-0035
Archival context
ClassificationsArchival Document
Scope and content This series comprises images of works by sculptors who were British by birth, foreign sculptors who worked in Britain or on British subjects. The sculptures featured date from c.1600 to c.1900. Images are primarily of sculptures, but also feature sketches for sculptural projects. Images remain in their original order: organised A–Z by sculptor. There are separate boxes for the following sculptors: Bacon Junior and Senior, Chantrey, Flaxman, Gott, Nollekens, Roubiliac, Rysbrack, Scheemakers and Wilton / Wyatt.
Acquisition information The collection has always been in the possession of the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art (or its predecessor institution, the Paul Mellon Foundation).
Conditions governing use The images in the Photographic Archive are derived from a variety of sources, so copyright in the collection is varied. The copyright status of each image is detailed at item level in the catalogue.
Accruals It is anticipated that new images may be added to the Centre’s Photographic Archive in future. These may be generated via the Centre’s everyday activities (such as the publishing programme). They may also come from external sources (such as donations by scholars or institutions).
Related material in Collected Archives The Collected Archives at the Paul Mellon Centre – particularly the Ellis Waterhouse, Frank Simpson, Oliver Millar and John Hayes collections – contain significant volumes of images of works by British Artists. The catalogues can be searched online at: http://calmview.co.uk/PaulMellonCentre/CalmView/advanced.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog. Artist Guides are also available at: https://www.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk/archives-and-library/artist-subject-guides.
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