Price: $295.00
SKU: 102454
MEDIUM: Engraving,
DATE: c. 1780
EDITION SIZE: Paper size 2 1/2 x 3 7/8" ( 6.4 x 9.7 cm )
DESCRIPTION: A small oval engraving of Esek Hopkins, titled in both French and Dutch: “Hopkins, Commandant de la Flotte Américaine” and “Hopkins, Americaansche Vlood-Voogd”, likely published circa 1780. The portrait presents Hopkins in naval uniform, turned slightly to his left, framed within a finely ruled oval. The bilingual caption—featuring the distinctive Dutch term Americaansche Vlood-Voogd, meaning “American Guardian of the Fleet”—reflects contemporary European interest in the American Revolution. This compact yet detailed engraving offers a rare period likeness of the first commander-in-chief of the Continental Navy, produced for French and Dutch-speaking audiences during the war.
ADDITIONAL INFO: This piece is in a 6.25 x 9.5 inch archival mylar and backed with archival quality mat board for safe handling.
CONDITION: Fair condition, backed on laid paper and hinged onto archival board.
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