Accession Number
2012/2.209A

Title
Alexander Pope, Esq.

Artist(s)
Jacobus Houbraken

Object Creation Date
1747

Medium & Support
etching and engraving on wove paper

Dimensions
14 in x 8 ¾ in (35.56 cm x 22.23 cm)

Credit Line
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink

Label copy
Jacobus Houbraken
Netherlands, 1698–1780
Alexander Pope, Esq.
1747
Etching and engraving on wove paper
Gift of Professor Walter M. and Nesta R. Spink, 2012/2.209

Subject matter
Portrait of Alexander Pope.

Physical Description
The upper portion of this print depicts an ornate round frame inside of which is a three quarter portrait of a man from the waist up with his left hand held to his head. The lower portion of the print depicts the base on which the frame rests decorated with a classical scene of figures in a landscape. A collection of objects including books, a mask, a crown, a tambourine and sheet music rest atop the base.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Primary Object Type
portrait

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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Keywords
frames (furnishings)
poets
portraits