[1] His work shows the influence of Thomas Seddon, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Frederic, Lord Leighton.

English literary sources, classical mythology, portraiture and idealized images of young women are the most typical subjects in his paintings.

[2] Whilst exhibiting at the Royal Academy of Arts in Burlington House, his artworks enjoyed the illustrious company of the paintings of contemporary peer artists including Frank Dicksee, Millais and Alma Tadema.

[3] In the 1870s he was known to reside in Knightsbridge, London at Chatham House, High Road, as detailed on artist submission labels and exhibition catalogues.

Some sources shows Gustav Pope as deceased by 1895, based on the last year he was exhibiting at the Royal Academy.