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a proposition and It was he perhaps more 

 than anyooe^plsfl who was responsible for 

 finally assembling the collection of animals 

 which the public now sees there. 



One of Oils more, famous paintings was 

 the picture of a caged lion which was 

 painted a.t P. T. Barnum/s winter quarters 

 at Bridgeport, Conn., a number of years 

 »go. For a long time this pjeture hung in 

 the storo of A. Shuman & CoC and attracted 

 a gr/at deal of attention ; and it was said 

 of (he picture that so life-like was it that 

 little children upon catching sight of It 

 draw back in fear. 



Mr. I'opo % was a member of the Boston 

 Art Club, the St. Botolph Club, the New 

 England Kennel Club and other bodies. He 

 published in 18S0 a series of game bird 

 plates under the title "Upland Game Birds 

 and Water Fowl of the United States." 



For a long time Mr. Pope maintained a 

 studio at 120 Tremont street. His Boston 

 home was at 1013 Beacon street. In 1873 

 Mr. Pope married Miss Alice De Wolf 

 Downer of Dorchester. She and two chil- 

 dren, Samuel Downer Pope, of Wakefield 

 and Charlotte Do Wolf Pope, now Mrs. 

 John B. Chamberlin of Stearns Road 

 Brookllnc, survive him. 



