{"title":"Pope, Clara","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClara Maria Leigh or Clara Maria Pope (c.1767-1838)\u003c\/strong\u003e was a British painter and botanical artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in London, Leigh was christened in 1767 at St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe. Her father was Jared Leigh, an amateur artist. She is pictured as an infant with her parents and siblings in George Romney's 1768 painting of the family group held by the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She worked as an artist's model for a number of years. She married the painter Francis Wheatley in 1786. They had four daughters, Clara Maria (1788-1847), who married Thomas Clark Brettingham, Frances (1790-1848), who married Charles Middleton, Caroline Groves (1793-1879), who married James Adams and Emma (1795-1795), and a son Francis John (1791-1872), who married Martha Ewing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLeigh began by painting miniatures, and by 1796 she was exhibiting at the Royal Academy. Her husband died in 1801, and Leigh struggled to support her family. An accomplished botanical artist by this stage, her work was noticed for its beauty and accuracy by Samuel Curtis, the publisher of the Botanical Magazine. She created notable full-sized illustrations for Curtis's Botanical Magazine as well as for his other works, Monograph on the Genus Camellia (1819) and The Beauties of Flora. She was supported in her work by the architect Sir John Soane, who commissioned the watercolour The Flowers of Shakespeare (1835), which depicts a bust of the bard in Soane's collection surrounded by all the flowers mentioned in Shakespeare's works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1807, Leigh married the actor and painter Alexander Pope, becoming his third wife. She taught painting, and her students included Princess Sophia of Gloucester and other members of the British aristocracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer work is included in the collection of the Tate Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePope died in London in 1838.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"pope-clara-maria-1767-1838-flowers-in-vase-presented-to-edmund-keene-1818","title":"Pope, Clara Maria (1767-1838) - Flowers in Vase presented to Edmund Keene 1818","description":"\u003cp\u003ePainting by the British botanical painter Clara Pope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 image, in JPEG format, that is 600dpi and 3640 pixels wide by 5064 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/pope-clara\" title=\"Clara Pope\"\u003eClara Pope\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53701106434378,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Pope_ClaraMaria_1767-1838_-FlowersinVasepresentedtoEdmundKeene1818_main.jpg?v=1767476528"},{"product_id":"pope-clara-maria-1767-1838-peony-1822","title":"Pope, Clara Maria (1767-1838) - Peony 1822","description":"\u003cp\u003ePainting by the British botanical painter Clara Pope.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 image, in JPEG format, that is 600dpi and 3375 pixels wide by 4743 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/pope-clara\" title=\"Clara Pope\"\u003eClara Pope\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53701114921290,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Pope_ClaraMaria_1767-1838_-Peony1822_main.jpg?v=1767476468"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/collections\/Pope_Clara_Maria_1767-1838-3903984.jpg?v=1768960191","url":"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/pope-clara.oembed","provider":"Public Domain Image Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}