10 JANUARY 1920, Page 13

PAINTINGS OF POPE.

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR.") SIR,—In this house there is a small head painted in oils of Alexander Pope. The head is turned towards the right shoulder; he is wearing a red coat trimmed with fur and a plain white shirt well up to the neck. On the back of the frame is this inscription : "This picture Mr. Pope sat to my father for at my rknest for me 1742." Who was "me," and can any one say if this picture has ever been engraved ? It was formerly in the possession of my grandfather, the Marquis [Van Loo painted Pope in 1742.—ED. Spectator.]