Alexander Pope Inscribed, chiseled on front of socle: 'POPE', on proper left under sitter's shoulder: 'ALEX. POPE. Nats. LONDINI, | die 8o. junii anno MDCLXXXVIII. | Obiit in vico Twickenham prope | Urbem, die 8o. maii MDCCXLIV', on front of twentieth century pedestal: 'GIFT OF PAUL MELLON | IN MEMORY OF | BASIL TAYLOR | BRITISH ART HISTORIAN | 1922-1975 | FRIEND, MENTOR | AND GENEROUS SOURCE | OF WISE ADVICE | IN THE COURSE OF ASSEMBLING | THIS COLLECTION OF | BRITISH ART' Signed and dated by chisel under sitter's shoulder, proper right: 'Anno Dom. | MDCCXLI. | L.F. Roubiliac | Scit. Ad vivum', Louis François Roubiliac, 1702-1762, French
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Alexander, Pope, Inscribed, chiseled, front, socle, 'POPE', proper, left, under, sitter's, shoulder, 'ALEX., POPE., Nats., LONDINI, die, 8o., junii, anno, MDCLXXXVIII, Obiit, vico, Twickenham, prope, Urbem, die, 8o., maii, MDCCXLIV, front, twentieth century, pedestal, GIFT, PAUL, MELLON, MEMORY, BASIL, TAYLOR, BRITISH, ART, HISTORIAN, 1922
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