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Half-length portrait of a man in a grey wig, dark coat and white cravat, one hand resting on a book, against a dark backgroun

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A half-length oil portrait shows a man with a light grey powdered wig, a white cravat and a dark coat with white cuffs, his hand resting on a closed book. The figure looks directly out of the dark brown background. This painting, titled Alexander Pope, was made by Jonathan Richardson in 1736 and is held by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

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1736

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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Public domain

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