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Lot 182: POPE, ALEXANDER (1688-1744, poet)

Est: £800 GBP - £1,200 GBPSold:
BonhamsLondon, United KingdomMarch 29, 2011

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PORTRAIT AFTER LOUIS FRANÇOIS ROUBILIAC (?1705-1762), bronze medallion plaque, oval, uniface, head and shoulders, profile facing left, deep brown patination, tiny holes for attachment at head and foot,3½ x 3 inches (9 x 7.5 cm), [eighteenth century]

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This image by Roubiliac was used by Wedgwood for their smaller cameo medallion of Pope between 1773 and 1787. The present medallion portrait is the only known example in bronze.

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