BIB_ID
413341
Accession number
MA 205.9
Creator
Chapman, J. (John), active 1792-1823, engraver.
Published
[London?] : [Publisher not identified] , 1821.
Credit line
Purchased, 1896.
Description
1 print : stipple and line engraving and etching ; image: 111 x 85 mm, oval ; plate mark: 165 x 116 mm ; sheet: 221 x 141 mm
Notes
Engraved portrait plate by John Chapman after Arthur Pond, issued as an illustration to the "Encyclopaedia Londinensis" (John Wilkes compiler, London, 24 volumes issued 1810-29).
Formerly housed with the manuscript of Johnson's Life of Pope and other items; for more information see main record for MA 205.
Formerly housed with the manuscript of Johnson's Life of Pope and other items; for more information see main record for MA 205.
Provenance
Purchased from the London dealer Sotheran, 1896.
Summary
Oval head-and-shoulders portrait of Alexander Pope, seated by table, resting head in left hand, looking to the left and wearing a wig, jacket, and cravat; with a vignette of a swan below.
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