_Portrait of Pope_ (Vol. vii., p. 180.).--I cannot at this movement reply to MR. J. KNIGHT'S Query, but perhaps can correct an error in it. There was no _White_ of Derby; but Edward[9] _Wright_ of that city, was an artist of high repute. And I have in my possession a portrait of Pope done by him. On the back of this portrait is the following inscription: "Edward Wright, the painter of this picture, was an intimate friend of Mr. Richardson, and obtained leave from him to copy the portrait of Mr. Pope; which Mr. R. was then painting, and had nearly finished. When the outline was sketched out by E. Wright, he happened to meet Mr. Pope at dinner, and on mentioning to him how he was employed, Mr. Pope said: 'Why should you take a copy, when the original is at your service? I will come and sit to you.' He did so, and this picture was finished from Mr. Pope himself. This account I had from the late William Wright, Esq., my honoured uncle, who had the picture from the painter himself. At Mr. Wright's death, it came to his widow, who gave it to my brother[10]; at whose decease, it came to me. "WILLIAM FALCONER, M.D., F.R.S. "Bath, March 21, 1803." The size of the picture is two feet five inches and a quarter by two feet one-eighth of an inch. It is a profile. It has never been engraved, and is in good condition. R. W. F. Bath. [Footnote 9: [_Joseph_ was the Christian name of the celebrated painter usually styled Wright of Derby.--ED.]] [Footnote 10: Thomas Falconer, Esq., of Chester.] _Conundrum_ (Vol. vi., p. 602.).--Though I cannot answer the Query of RUFUS, as to the manner in which the species of conundrum communicated by him may be designated, I beg to inclose an answer to it, thinking you might perhaps deem it worthy of insertion: Cold, sinful, sorrowful, this _earth_, And all who seek in it their rest; But though such mother gives us birth, Let us not call ourselves unblest. Though weak and earthly be our frame, Within it dwells a nobler part; A holy, heavenly, living flame Pervades and purifies the _heart_. To loving, glowing hearts in joy, Shall not our _hearths_ and homes abound? May not glad praise our lips employ, And, though on earth, half heaven be found? E. H. G. _Herbé's "Costumes Français"_ (Vol. vii., p. 182.).--In answer to the Query by PICTOR, MR. PHILIP DARELL begs to state, that in the library at Calehill there is a copy of M. Herbé's book. It is the last edition (Paris, 1840), and purports to be "augmentée d'un examen critique et des _preuves positives_," &c. It begins by owning to certain errors in the former edition; in consequence of which M. Herbé had travelled through all France to obtain the means of correcting them in various localities. P. D. Calehill, Kent. {295}