Alexander Pope Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Alexander Pope NPG 873
© National Portrait Gallery, London
by William Hoare
This portrait was apparently drawn without Pope's knowledge. It is an unusually candid image of the four foot, six inch poet whose growth had been restricted as a result of an illness at the age of twelve. Possibly as a result of his appearance, Pope took great interest in the many portraits that were painted of him, seeking to control how he was portrayed.
More detailed information on this portrait is available in a National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue, John Kerslake's Early... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










