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unusual facts about William Pope, 1st Earl of Downe



Claude Duval

One particularly famous one — placed in more than one location and later published by William Pope — claims that he took only a part of his potential loot from a gentleman when his wife agreed to dance the "courante" with him in the wayside, a scene immortalised by William Powell Frith in his 1860 painting Claude Du Val.

Eastside Projects

Alongside group exhibitions that have featured artists and organisations such as Art & Language, Mel Bochner and Grizedale Arts, past solo shows include Liam Gillick, Shezad Dawood, Carey Young, William Pope.L and Dan Graham.

Thomas Pope, 2nd Earl of Downe

His grandfather Sir William Pope of Wroxton Abbey, near Banbury, was created Earl of Downe in the kingdom of Ireland, and died on 2 July 1631.

William Pope.L

He was featured alongside other performing artists: Sean Penn, Willem Dafoe, Brad Pitt, Steve Buscemi, and Juliette Binoche in Robert Wilson's LAB HD portraits.

Shortly after announcing the award, the acting chairman, Robert S. Martin, rescinded funding for the grant.


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