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).
by James Hopwood Sr, after Pescorsky
stipple engraving, late 18th-early 19th century
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Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury
by James Hopwood Sr
stipple engraving, late 18th-early 19th century
NPG D5943
by James Hopwood Sr, after Edward Lutterell (Luttrell)
stipple engraving, possibly early 19th century
NPG D25017
by James Hopwood Sr, published by Button & Sons
stipple engraving, early 19th century
NPG D30915
by James Hopwood Sr
stipple engraving, circa 1800
NPG D15695
by James Hopwood Sr, published by Button & Sons
stipple engraving, published 1802
NPG D29753
Sébastien Vaillant with 'A View of the Palais Royale'
by James Hopwood Sr, after Aubnet, and probably by John Roffe, after Surant, published by Robert John Thornton
stipple engraving and etching, published November 1803
NPG D34357
Sébastien Vaillant with 'A View of the Palais Royale'
by James Hopwood Sr, after Aubnet, and probably by John Roffe, after Surant, published by Robert John Thornton
stipple engraving and etching, published November 1803
NPG D38532
by James Hopwood Sr, published by Vernor & Hood
stipple engraving, published 1 December 1804
NPG D23535
by James Hopwood Sr, published by Mathews & Leigh, after Samuel De Wilde
stipple engraving, published 1 August 1807
NPG D5572
by James Hopwood Sr, published by Mathews & Leigh, after Samuel De Wilde
stipple engraving, published 1 August 1807
NPG D15161
by James Hopwood Sr
stipple engraving, published 1808
NPG D29756
by James Hopwood Sr, published by Henry Delahoy Symonds, after Edward Hastings
stipple engraving, published 31 March 1808
NPG D8318
by James Hopwood Sr, published by Henry Delahoy Symonds, after Edward Hastings
stipple engraving, published 31 March 1808
NPG D8319
Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester
by James Hopwood Sr, published by John Bell, after Sir William Beechey
stipple engraving, published 1 December 1808
NPG D15625
by James Hopwood Sr, published by James Stratford, after Thomas Rowlandson
line and stipple engraving, published 8 April 1809
NPG D15048
by James Hopwood Sr, published by Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, after George Romney
stipple engraving, published 1 October 1811
NPG D10675
by James Hopwood Sr, published by Vernor, Hood & Sharpe, after Christian Friedrich Zincke
stipple engraving, published 1 May 1811
NPG D14129
by James Hopwood Sr, published by Vernor, Hood & Sharpe
stipple engraving, published May 1812
NPG D14044
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