18 OCTOBER 1919, Page 16

THE PAINTINGS OF POPE.

(To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—I have just seen the correspondence on this subject. There is in existence at least one authenticated picture by Pope—the portrait of Betterton the actor. It was acquired by the first Earl of Mansfield, and remained till recently at Caen Wood. It is still in possession of the present holder of the title. Johnson mentions this painting in his Lives of the Poets.—I am, Sir, tie., D. R. B.