" The father of Alexander Pope was a London merchant, a devout Catholic, and not improbably a convert to Catholicism. His mother was one of seventeen children of William Turner, of York; one of her sisters was the wife of Cooper, the wellknown portraitpainter. Mrs. Cooper was the poet's godmother; she died when he was five years old, leaving to her sister, Mrs. Pope, a "grindingstone and muller," and their mother's "picture in limning;" and to her nephew, the little Alexander, all her "books, pictures, and medals set in gold or otherwise...."
| Author: Leslie Stephen |
| Publisher: Culturea |
| Publication Date: Feb 22, 2023 |
| Number of Pages: 128 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: NA |
| ISBN-13: 9791041945382 |
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