Clara Maria Pope
Also recorded as Clara Leigh · Clara Wheatley · Clara Maria Leigh · Miss Clara Maria Leigh
Clara Maria Pope
Anthony Cardon, after Clara Maria Pope · http: role=art rNo=0 · Public domain
- Born
- 1767 · London.
- Died
- 1838 · London.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Great Britain · United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · United Kingdom
- Occupation
- painter · botanical illustrator · botanist · artist · draftsperson
- Fields
- painting
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Pencil sketch by George Henry Harlow, 1814, http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/largerimage.php?mkey=mw05495
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London
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Pencil sketch by George Henry Harlow, 1814, http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/largerimage.php?mkey=mw05495
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United Kingdom
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wikidata · Q18527156
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The field of work recorded is painting. Places of work recorded in the authority are London. Work by Clara Maria Pope is recorded in the collections of Tate.
Illustration of camellias by Clara Maria Pope for Samuel Curtis's Monograph on the Genus Camellia, c. 1819.
Clara Maria Pope · Monograph on the Genus Camellia, c. 1819
Clara Maria Pope, née Leigh (1767–1838), 1818, 58.2 × 49.6 cm, gouache with gum arabic, signed and dated “Clara Maria Pope 1818,” illustration for Samuel Curtis, The Beauties of Flora (Gamston: Curtis, 1820)
Clara Maria Pope, née Leigh (1767–1838)
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- 1.Mrs. Clara Maria Pope Artist Royal Academy of Arts.
- 2.Gardening Women: Their Stories From 1600 to the Present. 978-0-7481-1833-5.
- 3.Leigh, Jared (1724–1769), painter of landscapes and seascapes. 10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-16385;jsessionid=d399848c24ddd6e00b1e5b9c41cafe9f.
- 4.9781556704970: Women of Flowers - AbeBooks - Kramer, Jack: 1556704976.
- 5.Portrait of a Woman in a White Dress.
- 6.Pope [née Leigh; other married name Wheatley], Clara Maria (bap. 1767, d. 1838), flower painter.
- 7.The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z. 978-0-415-92040-7.
- 8.Clara Maria Pope.
- 9.Artist Info.
- 10.Carnations, Clara Maria Pope; Publisher: Samuel Curtis ^ Minneapolis Institute of Art.
- 11.A MONOGRAPH ON THE GENUS CAMELLIA, BY SAML. CURTIS, F.L.S. THE WHOLE FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY CLARA MARIA POPE.
- 12.Single White Camellia / Single Red Camellia, from Samuel Curtis, A Monograph on the Genus Camellia.
- 13.Buff, or Humes Blush Camellia / Myrtle-leaved Camellia, from Samuel Curtis, A Monograph on the Genus Camellia.
- 14.Shakespeare's Flowers.
- 15.Alexander Pope (Actor) - Encyclopedia.
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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 18 August 2026.
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