Alexander Pope, Poeta Anglus, Ob: A.o 1744 Aetat: 57.
[After Joseph Van Loo] Johannes Faber. [P]rice 2 Shill Sold by J. Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square. [n.d. c.1750.] Rare mezzotint, sheet 355 x 235mm (14 x 9¼"). Trimmed to plate losing part of the inscription and publication line, glued on album sheet at edges. Slightly damaged on image on left centre. Three-quarter portrait of poet and writer Alexander Pope (1688-1744). Looking towards the right, with paper in his right hand and his left hand slightly pushing his wig back from his head. CS 294. II of II.
[Ref: 59391] £390.00