Illustration of Canto IV, II, 121 ff.: Sir Plume dispatched by Belinda demands her stolen lock of hair from the Baron
Description:
Title etched below image and above eight lines of verse., Date based on Samuel Ireland's copies., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 244., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above print: Saml. Ireland's copy., and On page 7 in volume 1.
Illustration of Canto IV, II, 121 ff.: Sir Plume dispatched by Belinda demands her stolen lock of hair from the Baron
Description:
Title from Paulson., Attribution to Hogarth deemed "questionable" by Paulson., Ms. note above in Steevens's hand: Original., Ms. note in pencil top of sheet: See Nichol's Book, 3d edit, p. 493., Ms. note in pencil at bottom: Sold at Gulston's auction for £33.0.0., and On page 7 in volume 1.
Title devised by curator., Devised title and artist attribution based on Horace Walpole's notes on facing leaf: This book belonged to Mr. Pope, and the drawing is by him. Horace Walpole, 1766. It is a view of Twickenham Church from his own garden., Date of production based on artist's death date., and Drawn on front flyleaf in volume 1 of Alexander Pope's copy of: Homeri opera quae extant omnia. Amstelaedami : Ex officina Wetsteniana, MDCCVII [1707].
A view from Richmond of the Twickenham bank of the Thames, showing (left to right) Pope's villa, Lady Ferrers' summer house, Cross Deep, and Dr. Batty's house (later Poulett Lodge).
Alternative Title:
Pope's villa, Twickenham
Description:
Title and date assigned by curator., Unsigned; attributed to Augustin Heckel., and Previously attributed to Johann Heinrich Mü̈ntz (1727-1798) and inscribed on the wash line mount 'J H Muntz / Pope's Villa Twickenham'. Also on the mount in lower right corner is the ownership stamp 'Scipio' (Henry Scipio Reitlinger).
Subject (Geographic):
Twickenham (London, England) and Thames River (England),
