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Paintings: G0686
Title
Maria Ann Pope
Technique
Oil on canvas
Subject
Character
Juliet : Romeo and Juliet
Artist
Dimensions
Height: 92cm
Width: 72cm
height (frame): 121cm
width (frame): 100cm
Width: 72cm
height (frame): 121cm
width (frame): 100cm
Provenance
Charles Mathews
Other number
Mathews 34 (no character)
RW/CKA 377
RW/CKA 377
Exhibition history
1803 London, R. A. (148)
1833 London, Queen's Bazaar, Oxford Street, "Mr Mathews's Gallery of Theatrical Portraits" (34)
Engraving history
William Ward pub. J. Burn 1 April 1804, mezzotint 33 x 25.4 Inscr: "The late Mrs. Pope as Juliet"
Juliet sits on her balcony in the moonlight. Her hair is plaited and wrapped around her head with a bun and a switch over her right shoulder. She is dressed in white. A red drape, lined in white hangs over the stone balcony. There are other red drapes, and the chair is upholstered in red with gold studs. Quoted on the engraving is the line "See how she leans her Cheek upon her head."
When still Miss Campion, Mrs Pope appeared as Juliet for the first time on 13 April 1795, in Belfast, where she was billed as "the first female Ornament of the Irish Stage." After her début at Covent Garden on 13 October 1797, as Monimia in “The Orphan”, she acted Juliet on 2 November 1797. After marrying Alexander Pope in January 1798 she eventually moved to Drury Lane, where on 1 February 1802 she acted Juliet to her husband's Romeo.
When still Miss Campion, Mrs Pope appeared as Juliet for the first time on 13 April 1795, in Belfast, where she was billed as "the first female Ornament of the Irish Stage." After her début at Covent Garden on 13 October 1797, as Monimia in “The Orphan”, she acted Juliet on 2 November 1797. After marrying Alexander Pope in January 1798 she eventually moved to Drury Lane, where on 1 February 1802 she acted Juliet to her husband's Romeo.
