[Portrait of Alexander Pope] [art original].
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Description
- Title
- [Portrait of Alexander Pope] [art original].
- Creator
- Vanloo, Jean-Baptiste, 1684-1745, artist
- Published / Created
- [18th century?]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
-
The famous author Alexander Pope is depicted in three-quarter length. He is seated at a desk in a leather armchair. He turns his glance to his proper left. His right arm supports his wigged head. His elbow rests on a volume with an eligible title on the spine. In his left hand holds some leaves of manuscript. He wears a brown coat with ruffled shirt sleeves and cravat. On the desk is a silver ink well with quill and some scattered papers
- Description
-
Title from 2005 Christie's appraisal.
Inscription in upper left of image: Alexr. Pope. - Provenance
- Purchased from Earl of Upper Ossory, Ampthill Park Sale, Chrisite's, 21 May 1842, lot 52 (142 gns. to the Marquis of Lansdowne). Lansdowne sale, Christie's, 7 March 1930, lot 50, as "Attributed to Van Loo" (to Fennell). Mrs. Raymond Ffennell (t) of Wytham Abbey, near Oxford; Christie's, 5 October 1956, lot 34 (to Fruit and Reed). With Frost & Reed, Bristol. Zeitlin & ver Bruge, Los Angeles, 1957 from whom acquired by W.S. Lewis in 1957.
- Extent
- 1 painting : framed to 43.5 x 35.25 in
- Language
-
No linguistic content
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- LWL Ptg. 122 Framed, on view in New Library
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Portrait paintings
Oil paintings (visual works) - Material
- oil on canvas ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744,
- Subject (Topic)
-
Authors
British - Subjects
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Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744
Authors > British
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Jean-Baptiste Vanloo. Portrait of Alexander Pope. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12445976
- Object ID (OID)
- 16835226