List of Plates Crayon painting of Pope, c. 1743. By William Hoare, 1707 ( ?)-1792. Property of Florence and Maynard Mack. 2 A view of Twickenham, with identification of several houses, 1756. By J. H. Miintz, active c. 1755-75. Engraved by John Green. Courtesy of W. S. Lewis, Farmington, Connecticut. 3 Pope's house, c. 1750, with identification of some of his neighbors. Pen and wash, artist unknown. Courtesy of Sir John Murray, London. 4 A sketch said to be of Twickenham village, probably by Pope. Courtesy of Major S. V. Christie Miller, Clarendon Park, Salisbury. 5 A view of Twickenham village showing St. Mary's, c. 1 748. By Augustin Heckell, c. 1690-1770. The lonides Collection. Courtesy of the Greater London Council. 6 A view of Richmond Hill from Strawberry Hill, in 1772, showing Pope's house. By William Pars, 1742-82. Courtesy of W. S. Lewis, Farmington, Connecticut. 7 A view from Richmond Hill looking southwest toward Twickenham. By Antonio Joli, 1700 ( ?)-77. Courtesy of the Greater London Council. 8 Pope's house after Sir William Stanhope's enlargements, c. 1760-72. By Samuel Scott, 1710( ?)-72. Courtesy of W. S. Lewis, Farmington, Connec- ticut. 9 Pope's house in 1795, twelve years before it was torn down. By Joseph Farington, 1747-1821. Engraved by J.C. Stadler (active 1780-1812) for the Boydells. Courtesy of W. S. Lewis, Farmington, Connecticut. IO Vases said to have been designed for Pope by William Kent. Courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum. 11 Pope's obelisk to his mother's memory. From an engraving in Edward Iron- side's History and Antiquities of Twickenham ( London, 1797), reprinted in John Nichols, Miscellaneous Antiquities, In Continuation of the Biblio- teca Topographica Britannica, vol. x., opposite p. 40. Courtesy of Yale University Library. XVl LIST OF PLATES 12 A view of Pope's house, 1747-48. The Newcastle General Magazine, or Monthly Intelligencer, r (January 1748) Courtesy of the Central Library, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 13 A view of Pope's house, 1749. By Augustin Heckell, c. 1690-1770. En- graved by James Mason, active 1743-83. From a colored exemplar, pro- perty of Florence and Maynard Mack. 14 A pastiche of Pope's house and its surroundings. By Joseph Nickolls ( ?) , c. 1755-60(?). From the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon. 15 Pope at work in the grotto. By William Kent or Dorothy Boyle, Countess of Burlington. Courtesy of the Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement. 16 A "fantasy" of Pope's garden. By William Kent, 1684-1 748. Courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum. 17 John Searle's diagram of the grotto, in his Plan of Mr. Pope's Garden (London, 1745). Courtesy of Yale University Library. 18 John Searle's "Perspective View" of the grotto, in his Plan of Mr. Pope's Garden (London, 1745). Courtesy of Yale University Library. 19 The obelisk today, in the park at Penn House, Penn Street, Amersham, Leicestershire. Courtesy of the Earl Howe. 20 Pope's Twickenham situation as shown on John Rocque's map of the environs of London, c. 1746. Courtesy of Yale University Library. 21 John Searle's diagram of Pope's garden in his Plan of Mr. Pope's Garden (London, 1745). Courtesy of Yale University Library. 22 Pope's drawing of his grotto, 14 January 1740. Courtesy of the Municipal Library, Penzance, Cornwall. 23 Pope's drawing of his grotto, 29 December 1740. Courtesy of Harvard College Library. 24 Entrance to Pope's grotto, showing the arma Christi ( 1964). Courtesy of St. Catharine's Convent, Twickenham. 25 Headpiece of Book v of Pope's quarto Odyssey, showing the grotto of Calypso. By William Kent, 1684-1748. Courtesy of Yale University Library. 26 Pope at work in the grotto, with grotesques. By William Kent or Dorothy Boyle, Countess of Burlington. Courtesy of the Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement. 27 A sketch of the view from the grotto, c. 1760-70 (?). Courtesy of the Pier- pont Morgan Library, New York City. 28 The remains of Pope's grotto today ( 1965). Courtesy of St. Catharine's Convent, Twickenham. LIST OF PLATES xvn 29 Sleeping nymph in the grotto at Stourhead, with Pope's verses "Nymph of the Grot'') inscribed beneath. Copyright Country Life. 30 A later diagram of the grotto ( 1785), showing Stanhope's alterations. In Edward Ironside's History and Antiquities of Twickenham (see above, Plate 8) , opposite p. 80. 3 1 A later "perspective view" of the grotto, with statues. In Edward Ironside's History and Antiquities of Twickenham ( see above, Plate 30), opposite p. 81. 32 PoETA ANGLUS ("English Poet"), 1741. Copper medal by Jacques Antoine Dassier, 1741. Property of Florence and Maynard Mack. 33 The laureated poet, 1734. By Jonathan Richardson, 1665-1745. Courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum. 34 To the Glory of the R! Honb.1• S~ Robert Walpole. "F. Doumouchel Delio. P. Fourdrinier Sculp." June ( ?) 1737. Courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum. 35 Aeneas in a Storm. Artist and engraver unknown. January (?) 1937. Courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum. 36 Solomon in his Glory. Artist and engraver unknown. Dated 19 December 1 738. Courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum. 37 The Festival of the Golden Rump. "Design'd by the Author of Common Sense." Artist and engraver unknown. March ( ?) 1737. Courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum. 313 Idol-Worship or The Way to Preferment. Artist and engraver unknown. February ( ?) 1740. Courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum. 39 The late P [re] m [ie] r M [i] n [iste] r. Author and engraver unknown. Dated 3 December 1743. Courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum. 40 A Cheap and Easy Method of Improving English Swine's Flesh by a Generous method of Feeding . ... By a Norfolk man for the Use of the Royal Society. Artist and engraver unknown. 1743 ( ?) Courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum. 41 The State Pack-Horse. Artist unknown, engraved by C. Mosley. Dated 15 November 1739. Courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum. 42 The Champion; or, Evening Advertiser. Artist and engraver unknown. Dated 5 July 1740. Courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum. 43 The Roman poet and satirist, 1740. By Louis Frarn;ois Roubiliac, 1695- 1762. Courtesy of the Earl Fitzwilliam, Milton, Peterborough. 44 Bust of Sir Robert Walpole, c. 1730. By John Michael Rysbrack, 1693( ?)- 1770. Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London. xvm LIST OF PLATES 45 A view of Pope's house, 1735. By Peter Andreas ( ?) Rysbrack, 1690-1748. Engraved by Nathaniel ( ?) Parr. Courtesy of W. S. Lewis, Farmington, Connecticut. 46 The front of Houghton Hall in the later eighteenth century. "W. Watts del. et Sculpt.," 1782. Plate XLVI in the Boydells' Seats of the Nobility and Gentry: In a Collection of the most interesting and Picturesque Views (London, 1779-86) . Courtesy of Yale University Library. 4 7 The dying Pope, attended by Chaucer, Spenser, and Milton. Title-page vignette from William Mason's Musaeus: A Monody to the Memory of Mr. Pope (London, 1747). Courtesy of Yale University Library. 48 Pope gathered to Apollo and the Muses by Homer. Ornament accompany- ing his portrait in Birch's Heads of Illustrious Persons of Great Britain, II (London, 1751) . Ornament by Herbert Franc;ois Gravelot, 1699-1773. From a colored exemplar. Property of Florence and Maynard Mack. 49 The Stone Hall at Houghton today. Courtesy of the Marquess and Marchioness of Cholmondeley. Photograph by Country Life. 50 Pope in the line of Chaucer, c. 1736-41 (?). By Jonathan Richardson, 1665-1745. Courtesy of Cornell University Library. 51 Pope in the line of Milton, 1738. By Jonathan Richardson, 1665-1745. Courtesy of Cornell University Library. 52 The translator of Homer, 1716. By Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1646-1723. Courtesy of the Baron Barnard, Raby Castle, Durham. 53 The learned poet and critic, 1721. By Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1646-1723. Courtesy of Sir Alexander Douglas-Home, The Hirsel, Coldstream, Rox- burghshire. 54 The meditating poet, 1722. By Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1646-1723. Courtesy of the Viscount Harcourt, Stanton Harcourt, Oxfordshire. 55 Detail of Plate 54, above. .