John Pope
Illustration — Self-portrait by John Pope, 19th century (National Academy of Design, New York) John Pope (1820–1880) was an artist in Boston, Massachusetts, and New York in the 19th century. He painted portraits of W.H. Prescott, Daniel Webster and others. He belonged to the Boston Artists' Association; and exhibited with the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association (1844) and the New England Art Union (1852).
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John Pope
Masury Silsbee · Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC Catalog · Public domain
- Died
- 1880
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- painter
- Fields
- portrait
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Illustration — Self-portrait by John Pope, 19th century (National Academy of Design, New York) John Pope (1820–1880) was an artist in Boston, Massachusetts, and New York in the 19th century. He painted portraits of W.H. Prescott, Daniel Webster and others. He belonged to the Boston Artists' Association; and exhibited with the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association (1844) and the New England Art Union (1852).
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Born in 1821, died in 1880.
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- 1.The Crayon, Vol. 5, No. 6 (Jun., 1858)
- 2.Dearinger. 2004
- 3.4th exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. Boston: Crocker, 1844.
- 4.Bulletin of the New England Art Union, no. 1, 1852.
- 5.Destructive Fire. Boston Daily Atlas; Date: 04-01-1852
- 6.Dearinger. 2004
- 7.New York Times, Dec. 31, 1880.
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- Death of John Pope, the artist. New York Times, Dec. 31, 1880.
- David Bernard Dearinger. Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design: 1826–1925. NY: Hudson Hills Press, 2004
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