Original engraving of a portrait of Alexander Pope after a portrait by Arthur Pond, which is after the original by Jean Baptiste Van Loo
by (POPE, ALEXANDER)
- Used
- Condition
- Two abrasions to the margins of the lower half of the image; two tears in the lower blank margin; a good example.
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Amsterdam: Engraved by J. Houbraken for J. & P. Knapton, London, 1747, 1747. Wimsatt, Portraits of Alexander Pope, 66.15. Two abrasions to the margins of the lower half of the image; two tears in the lower blank margin; a good example.. 46 x 31 cm (sheet), 35 x 22 cm (image). One of many famous portraits of the great poet of the Augustan age, Alexander Pope. This truncated engraved version of Van Loo's oil portrait is surrounded by an elaborate allegorical scene, depicting Britannia with classical references. This engraving was made in Amsterdam for Thomas Birch's Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, volume 2.
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- Bookseller
- The Brick Row Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 27859
- Title
- Original engraving of a portrait of Alexander Pope after a portrait by Arthur Pond, which is after the original by Jean Baptiste Van Loo
- Author
- (POPE, ALEXANDER)
- Format/Binding
- Wimsatt, Portraits of Alexander Pope, 66.15
- Book Condition
- Used - Two abrasions to the margins of the lower half of the image; two tears in the lower blank margin; a good example.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Amsterdam: Engraved by J. Houbraken for J. & P. Knapton, London, 1747
- Date Published
- 1747
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