That must have been an awkward few hours while they posed for this
lol .... I was just thinking this ....
Painter (smirking, holding back laughter): .... ok, ok, Alexander, hey Al ... yeah .. just give me more of a frown ... (heavily smirking) ... no, no, more angry or sad or something ... and maybe put your hand to your chin ... (smirking) ... yeah like that ... now hold it ... for the next five hours
There's a really interesting video on the Art Deco channel about this painting. It gives a lot of the context around the people in it and the moment it is depicting.
An interesting video, thanks!
Ya, and then he spent pretty much the rest of his life trying to destroy her reputation and disparage women in general. Pope was one of history's first notable incels.
Maybe "most memorable" because there were actually quite a lot of notable incels before him?
Pretty funny that his last name is Pope in that context lol
"Just ask her, bro, the worst that can happen is she says no."
thanks for expanding the title
You know what, I didn't even read the title til you pointed it out
That name sounded familiar. This does seem to be the same Alexander Pope that CGPGrey stumbled across and strayed into the, apparently, well documented feud with Thomas Herne.
I'd rather think they posed for this and were hilarious people
Pretty sure she was already married / had a fiancé when he asked.
oh my god this is gold! can you hold for a couple hours so I can paint this real quick?
Oh Bill Frith, you soggy old bitch...
