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Description: | Hopson was a nephew of Sir Thomas Hopson, whose portrait by Michael Dahl is in the NMM?s collection (BHC2782). He was a lieutenant to his uncle in the ?Breda? in 1693. He became a post captain in 1696, a rear-admiral in 1727 and died in command in the West Indies in 1728. Hopson is shown wearing a red velvet coat with gold embroidered buttons and buttonholes and a brown full-bottomed wig. In the left background is a two-decker wearing the pre-1707 ensign, although the portrait is signed ?G Kneller 1709?. The portrait is not definitely of Hopson, and if not the sitter would be a contemporary of similar rank.
Signed and dated 1719.
RQ states signed 'G Kneller 1709'. JPrice 12/12/06
caption: Vice-Admiral Edward Hopson, 1671-1728 | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | Hopson paintings Edward | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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