Codice albumGBB-F-006008

Image IDGBB-F-006008-0000

1731, GREAT BRITAIN: The british poet ALEXANDER POPE (1688-1744), portrait engraved by London Printed for Robert SAYER, engraved by Delin, in 1731. Medley print shows pictures lying as if carelessly placed one over the other. All images relate to Alexander Pope. The center image is a portrait of Pope. Underneath the images is"An Encomium on Mr. Pope and his poems. By his Grace ye late Duke of Buckingham." He is best known for his satirical verse, as well as for his translation of Homer. Famous for his use of the heroic couplet, he is the second-most frequently quoted writer in" The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations", after William Shakespeare

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