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Last Name Pope

Given Name Luke Linnaeus

alt. Names Linnaeus Pope

Marriage

Children

Year born 1825 fl.

Year died 1850 fl.

Place of death

Father's occupation

Relatives John Pope & Sons: nurserymen and florists Alexander Pope, Leonard Pope, Luke Linnaeus Pope

Education self-taught draughtsman

Country of Activity United Kingdom

Worked for Benjamin Maund: Botanic Garden 1825-50 ;

Patronage

Collaborators engraver: S. Watts, S. Nevitt & Smith; artists: E & S. Maund, P.S. Bury, A.I. Withers, Edwin D. Smith, R.Mills, Jane Taylor, Miss Mintern, Miss Nicholson

Techniques botanical drawing, watercolour, and painting ;

Sample(s) http://theironroom.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/pope-comp.jpg ;

Archival sources Birmingham City Archives, MS 2138. London Gazette 461 1851 ;

Published sources Nissen: Botan. Buchillustration 1966 ; J. C. Loudon (ed.): Gardener's Magazine & Register 7, 1831: 410 ;

other Tree nursery at Handsworth, Stafford: John Pope & Sons dissolved 1851.

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