Alexander Pope Inscribed, chiseled on front of socle: 'POPE'; on proper left under sitter's shoulder: 'ALEX. POPE. Nats.
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. | Roubiliac | Scit. Ad vivum", Louis François Roubiliac, 1702-1762, French
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