Alexander Pope (1688-1744) (after Charles Jervas)
Love and Robinson
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Gilt, Paper
Measurements
320 x 245 mm
Order this imageCollection
Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
NT 428584
Summary
Print, engraving Alexander Pope (1688-1744) (after Charles Jervas) by Robinson. Full-length portrait, seated in armchair, left leg crossed over right, right hand supporting head. Book on floor at his left. Inscribed ''Approach great Nature studiously behold'/ A. Pope.' Described by Isaac Disraeli as 'one of the finest line engravings of this century'.
Marks and inscriptions
''Approach great Nature studiously behold'/ A. Pope.'
Makers and roles
Love and Robinson , engraver (printmaker) after Charles Jervas (Dublin 1675 – London 1739), artist