Article: Obituary: Sir John Pope-Hennessy

Article: The Pope's museum: in the June 1991 issue, John ...
Apollo;  March 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... speaking, at the British Museum Pope-Hennessy felt less sure of himself than ... On the administrative side, Pope-Hennessy at the British Museum rightly ... well recall that at the time of Pope-Hennessy's arrival at the British Museum ...

Dictionary definition: Pope-Hennessy, John
The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations;      279 words ...Pope-Hennessy, John 1913–94 British art historian 1. I still recall, with something of a shock the moment, at the end of the ...

Dictionary definition: Pope-Hennessy, Sir John
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists;      401 words ...Pope-Hennessy, Sir John (1913–94). British art historian. He was director of the Victoria and Albert Museum , 1967– ...

Article: The devastation of Florence: in the January 1967 edition, John ...
Apollo;  June 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...It is difficult to describe what has occurred in Florence without recourse to sentiment or rhetoric. The first indication of disaster occurs on the autostrada from Bologna, where lorry after lorry loaded with rusty cars climbs slowly northwards up the Futa pass, and scarcely does one leave the

Article: Cataloguing the unsaleable: in the April 1989 issue, the ...
Apollo;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Ideally it should be possible to separate property from people, but sometimes it is very hard, and nowhere have I found it harder than during my visits to Perkins's haunted house. Since there was no electric light, the pictures were all but invisible. 'This is perhaps the most beautiful Madonna

Article: THE INFALLIBLE TA; STE OF THE POPE
The Independent - London;  January 7, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... this century - the late Sir John Pope-Hennessy, known by his friends and enemies ... expensive paintings which Sir John Pope-Hennessy bought in New York with the Getty ... world of art history." Sir John Pope-Hennessy's possessions moved with him ...

Article: Letter: The Pope I knew
The Independent - London;  August 2, 2000 ;     359 words ... ... Arrogance" would have done just as well, however. I wish particularly to defend John Pope- Hennessy, whom I knew well. I worked closely with the Pope as his deputy for the years he was Director of the British Museum. It was an exhilarating ...