Portrait of Alexander Pope
Date
late 18th century
Sitter
Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744, British) , Poet
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
After
Arthur Pond (1701 - 1758, British) , Painter
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 220mm
width (print): 135mm
height (print): 220mm
width (print): 135mm
width (print): 135mm
height (print): 220mm
width (print): 135mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of Alexander Pope, leaning his left elbow on a table, hand lightly supporting his head. Pope wears a wig, with an open coat and waistcoat, short and cravat. Head turned upward and to the right as viewed. Presented in an oval frame.
Plate from a grangerized copy of A history of the Royal Society, with memoirs of the Presidents…by Charles Richard Weld (London, John W. Parker, 1848). In this edition, the original two volumes were extended to eight volumes with the addition of extra-illustrations and documents, by Alexander Meyrick Broadley.
The print appears at p.345 in volume 3 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. In a footnote, Weld’s refers to Jonathan Swift’s fond recollections of literary gatherings at the houses of Pope, Somers and Montagu.
Inscription below: ‘ALEXANDER POPE.’.
Alexander Pope (1688-1744) British poet, author of The Rape of the Lock and The Dunciad.
Plate from a grangerized copy of A history of the Royal Society, with memoirs of the Presidents…by Charles Richard Weld (London, John W. Parker, 1848). In this edition, the original two volumes were extended to eight volumes with the addition of extra-illustrations and documents, by Alexander Meyrick Broadley.
The print appears at p.345 in volume 3 of the adapted set of Weld’s History. In a footnote, Weld’s refers to Jonathan Swift’s fond recollections of literary gatherings at the houses of Pope, Somers and Montagu.
Inscription below: ‘ALEXANDER POPE.’.
Alexander Pope (1688-1744) British poet, author of The Rape of the Lock and The Dunciad.
Object history
Print from Charles Richard Weld's A history of the Royal Society, vol. 3... (London, John W. Parker, 1848) grangerized by the writer and collector Alexander Meyrick Broadley (1847–1916) into 8 volumes, adding illustrative material and manuscript items to Weld's text. The books were initially owned by Ludwig Mond FRS (1839–1909), and according to an inscription by his son Robert Ludwig Mond FRS (1867–1938) they were intended for presentation to the Society. This eventually happened in late 1959, the donor being the politician Harry Nathan (1889–1963), Lord Nathan of Churt.
Related fellows
Charles Richard Weld (1813 - 1869, British) , Author
Associated place