Portrait of Alexander Pope
Artist
Arthur Pond
(English, born London, England 1705-died Rome, Italy 1758)
Engraver
Jacobus Houbraken
(Dutch, born Dordrecht, Netherlands 1690-died Amsterdam, Netherlands 1780)
Date1747
Mediumengraving
Dimensions
frame: 26 1/2 × 20 1/2 in. (67.3 × 52.1 cm)
sight: 13 7/8 × 8 11/16 in. (35.2 × 22.1 cm)
ClassificationPrint
Credit LineGift of Dr. Earle W. Newton
Object number2001.1.1019
DescriptionPortrait of man (Alexander Pope) with left arm resting on mantle, left hand touching his temple, wearing dark button up coat with long sleeve ruffled white shirt, portrait framed above etching of second painting of large group of figures possibly depicting a scene from antiquity
(Below current mat: “A. Pond pinxit” “In the Possession of Mr. Arthur Pond” “J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1747”)
Bottom center: “Alexander Pope Esq.”
(Below current mat: “A. Pond pinxit” “In the Possession of Mr. Arthur Pond” “J. Houbraken sculps. Amst. 1747”)
Bottom center: “Alexander Pope Esq.”
Not on view