John Pope (1820–1880) was an artist in Boston, Massachusetts, and New York in the 19th century. He painted portraits of W.H. Prescott, Daniel Webster and others.The Crayon, Vol. 5, No. 6 (Jun., 1858)Dearinger. 2004 He belonged to the Boston Artists' Association; and exhibited with the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association (1844)4th exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. Boston: Crocker, 1844. and the New England Art Union (1852).Bulletin of the New England Art Union, no. 1, 1852. Pope kept a studio in Boston's Tremont Temple;Destructive Fire. Boston Daily Atlas; Date: 04-01-1852 around 1857 he moved to New York.Dearinger. 2004 He died of illness in New York in 1880. According to one report: "Just before dying he called for his paint brush, and died holding it in his hand."New York Times, Dec. 31, 1880.

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Death of John Pope, the artist. New York Times, Dec. 31, 1880. David Bernard Dearinger. Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of the National Academy of Design: 1826–1925. NY: Hudson Hills Press, 2004