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.

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, Pat (July 2021). The Poet and the Publisher. Reaktion Books. p. 12.
  2. ↑ Solkin, David H. (1982). Richard Wilson: The Landscape of Reaction. Tate Gallery. p. 85.
  3. ↑ "Pope's Villa, Twickenham". Yale Center for British Art.
  4. ↑ "A View of Pope's Villa, Twickenham, Middlesex". Art UK.
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