James Hopwood Sr
(1745 or 1754-1819), PrintmakerArtist associated with 27 portraits
Hopwood taught himself engraving at around the age of forty-five and published a speculative plate by subscription in the hope of raising money to support his family. He followed this with a few copper engravings and raised enough capital to move to London in 1797, where he found employment with the engraver James Heath. Hopwood was employed as an illustrator by publishers, and his first London works appeared in Edward Harding's illustrated edition of Shakespeare (1798-1800). He received commissions for decorative frontispieces and portraits for a number of topographical volumes, including David Hughson's London (1805-9) and Bernard Lambert's The History and Survey of London (1806).
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