Alexander Pope, Poet - Original 1785 Engraving by Goldar after Pond

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Original 1785 burin engraving with the portrait of Alexander Pope (1688-1744), the most influential poet of Augustan England, author of … Read more Original 1785 burin engraving with the portrait of Alexander Pope (1688-1744), the most influential poet of Augustan England, author of The Rape of the Lock and The Dunciad and translator of the Iliad and the Odyssey. Engraved by John Goldar after the canvas by Arthur Pond.

The inscription at the foot specifies that the original, a work by Arthur Pond, was then in the painter's own possession, and the head carries the caption London: Engrav'd for Harrison's Edition of Rapin: the print was cut for Harrison's edition of Rapin de Thoyras's History of England.

Medium: Copper engraving (burin).
Artist / after: Arthur Pond (c. 1701-1758), A. Pond Pinx.
Engraver: John Goldar (Oxford, 1729 - London, 1795).
Date: 1785.
Source: Harrison's Edition of Rapin's History of England, London.
Dimensions: Plate mark 11.1 x 7.9 in (28.2 x 20 cm).
Condition: Good condition, with wide margins. Foxing and rust spots of the period spread over the margins, visible in the photograph; the image is clean. See less