Higgs manuscript. and Toccatas, keyboard instrument. Selections
Description:
Copyist's ms., in ink; on leaf 139: Napoli 1723., For fuller description, list of contents, and thematic catalog, see P.T. Lee's The keyboard style of Alessandro Scarlatti. (Thesis (M.A.) Yale, 1959)., Gift of the Library Associates, 1953., Known as "The Higgs Manuscript", this volume was formerly owned by H.M. Higgs, Esq., The 4 unnumbered leaves at end contain no music., and The whole of the ms. was published by J.S. Shedlock (London : Bach & Co.) in 1908-1910.
A portrait of the English poet Alexander Pope by Jonathan Richardson the Elder, with Pope portrayed seated and supporting an open book with his proper left hand. The painting is oil on canvas, inscribed "POPE" at the lower left corner.
Alternative Title:
Alexander Pope resting on an open book and Alexander Pope, full-length, seated, his left hand resting on
an open book
Description:
Alexander Pope (1688-1744), English poet., Gift of Joan Pittman Schnabel Rea, 1964., Jonathan Richardson (1665-1745), English artist., and Title devised by cataloger.
Subject (Name):
Pope, Alexander,--1688-1744 and Richardson, Jonathan,--1665-1745
Subject (Topic):
Artists--Great Britain and Authors, English--18th century--Portraits