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Henry Martin Pope (1843-1908) was an English painter, engraver and art teacher, known primarily for landscapes, which he painted in oil or watercolour.

Henry Martin Pope
Born	1843  Birmingham
Died	8 February 1908  (aged 64–65)
Occupation	Painter, lithographer, art educator

Pope was born in 1843 in Birmingham, England.[1][2] He trained as a lithographer and was taught painting by Samuel Lines.[1] He was a founder, with Walter Langley and others, of the Birmingham Art Circle and taught art in the city.[lower-alpha 1][1] He served for eleven years as president of the Clarendon Art Fellowship.[3] He visited Newlyn with Langley from 1880.[3]

His works are in the collections of Birmingham Museums Trust, the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, y Gaer and Dudley Museums.[1][2][4] He exhibited with the Birmingham Art Circle and at the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists.[3]

He died on 8 February 1908.[5]

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Further reading

• Langley, Roger (2011). Walter Langley, From Birmingham to Newlyn. Bristol: Sansom & Co. pp. 117–119.

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