Commodore Hopkins, Commandeur en Chef auf der Amerikanischen Flotte (Commodore Hopkins, Commander in Chief of the American Fleet)

Anonymous, German, 18th century German

Sitter Commodore Esek Hopkins American

1777–80

Not on view

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Title: Commodore Hopkins, Commandeur en Chef auf der Amerikanischen Flotte (Commodore Hopkins, Commander in Chief of the American Fleet)
Artist: Anonymous, German, 18th century
Sitter: Commodore Esek Hopkins (American, 1718–1802)
Date: 1777–80
Medium: Etching and engraving
Dimensions: Sheet: 5 11/16 × 3 7/16 in. (14.5 × 8.7 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of William H. Huntington, 1883
Object Number: 83.2.579
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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