A View of Alexander Pope's Villa, Twickenham

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A View of Alexander Pope's Villa, Twickenham
A View of Alexander Pope's Villa, Twickenham, on the Banks of the Thames by Samuel Scott, RA.jpg
Artist Samuel Scott
Year1759
Type Oil on canvas, landscape painting
Dimensions50.8 cm× 78.5 cm(20.0 in× 30.9 in)
Location Denver Art Museum, Colorado

A View of Alexander Pope's Villa, Twickenham is a c.1759 landscape painting by the British artist Samuel Scott. [1] It depicts a view of Pope's Villa on the River Thames at Twickenham, then some miles to the west of London. [2] It had belonged to the poet Alexander Pope earlier in the century and was a popular landmark.

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Scott also lived in Twickenham, which featured in a number of his paintings. The original is now in the collection of the Denver Art Museum in Colorado. Several other versions of the painting now exist, including a smaller version in the Yale Center for British Art [3] and one in the Orleans House Gallery. [4]

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References

  1. Rogers p.12
  2. Solkin p.85
  3. https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1041 [ bare URL ]
  4. "A View of Pope's Villa, Twickenham, Middlesex | Art UK".

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