Commodore Hopkins, commander in chief of the American Fleet, British Cartoon Print
Summary
Print shows Esek Hopkins, three-quarter length portrait, wearing uniform, standing, facing front, with sword drawn during naval engagement; ships in background display "Dont tread upon me" and "Liberty Tree - An appeal to God" flags.
[Page or plate] 97.
British Museum catalogue entry for this print notes the following attributions: "[?J.M. Will, after a plate by Corbutt]" and "Similar in manner to Nos. 5405 and 5406, signed Corbutt".
Reference copy in BIOG FILE.
Forms part of: British cartoon Prints collection (Library of Congress).
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 5336
Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and prints; a checklist of 1765-1790 graphics in the Library of Congress / Compiled by Donald H. Cresswell, with a foreword by Sinclair H. Hitchings. Washington : [For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], 1975, no. 114.
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