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Thomas Hopkinson
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About this work
Thomas Hopkinson wears a full-bottomed wig and a sword, and he stands before a balustrade and a grove of pruned cypresses. But these European props do not tell the whole story. Hopkinson was also an ambitious citizen of a new society interested in new discoveries.
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Credit lineThomas Hopkinson. 1746. Robert Feke, born Oyster Bay, NY ca. 1707-died ca. 1751. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, George Buchanan Coale Collection. CC0.
