John Pope (1820–1880) was an artist in

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, and New York in the 19th century. He painted portraits of W.H. Prescott,

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and others. He belonged to the Boston Artists' Association; and exhibited with the

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(1844) and the New England Art Union (1852). Pope kept a studio in Boston's

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; around 1857 he moved to New York. 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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