Collection Highlights
View from Cozzen's Hotel Near West Point, N.Y.
Date:
1863
Object Number:
S-189
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Francis Hopkinson Smith (1838-1915)
Object Number:
1957.9
Date:
c. 1890
Medium:
Black ink and wash, charcoal, and white chalk on gray paper, mounted on stretcher
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 1/4 x 10 in. ( 36.2 x 25.4 cm )
mat: 22 x 16 in. ( 55.9 x 40.6 cm )
Marks:
signature: lower right, graphite
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at lower right in graphite: "F Hopkinson Smith"
Description:
Portrait
Gallery Label:
The subject was born in Baltimore, a great-grandson of Francis Hopkinson, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. As an engineer in New York, his most notable work was the foundation of the Statue of Liberty. He pursued painting as a hobby, but was eventually recognized as a professional. He created the illustrations for several of the books he wrote: "Charcoals of New and Old New York" (1912), for example. He also wrote several novels.
Credit Line:
Gift of R.W.G. Vail
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
