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b. 1789 - d. 1844

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  • Milton W. Hopkins (1789 - 1844)
    Jan. 25, 2025

    Milton W. Hopkins (1789 - 1844)

    Est: $5,000 - $8,000

    oil on canvas circa 1830 30 in. by 26 in. Please note that we have a new registration process and we highly recommend registering early to the sale. If you encounter any difficulty, please contact the Bids Department at bids.newyork@sothebys.com or call +1 (212) 606-7414 for assistance. 

    Sotheby's
  • Milton Hopkins, Portrait of Levi W. Knowlton
    Jul. 21, 2021

    Milton Hopkins, Portrait of Levi W. Knowlton

    Est: $1,500 - $3,000

    (American, 1789-1844), oil on canvas, signed and dated on verso, 1838 Overall: 37-1/2"h x 32-1/4"w Sight: 29-1/2"h x 24-1/4"w Provenance: Property from a private Ohio and Florida collection

    Nye & Company
  • Milton Hopkins, Portrait of Amanda Hollister
    Jul. 21, 2021

    Milton Hopkins, Portrait of Amanda Hollister

    Est: $1,500 - $3,000

    (American, 1789-1844), oil on canvas, signed and dated on verso, 1827 Overall: 37-1/4"h x 31-1/4"w Sight: 29-1/2"h x 23"w Provenance: Property from the collection of William and Linda Weimer, Ohio and Florida

    Nye & Company
  • MILTON WILLIAM HOPKINS (AMERICAN, 1789-1884), ATTRIBUTED, FOLK ART PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN
    Jun. 27, 2020

    MILTON WILLIAM HOPKINS (AMERICAN, 1789-1884), ATTRIBUTED, FOLK ART PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN

    Est: $1,000 - $2,000

    MILTON WILLIAM HOPKINS (AMERICAN, 1789-1884), ATTRIBUTED, FOLK ART PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN, oil on poplar panel, waist-length depiction of subject wearing elaborate bonnet and Empire-style gown, seated in a paint-decorated "fancy" side chair, no signature located, old accession number inscribed to panel verso upper left. Housed in a custom paint-decorated frame.

    Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
  • MILTON HOPKINS (1789-1844) | Portrait of Edwin William Freese (1823-1915)
    Jan. 20, 2018

    MILTON HOPKINS (1789-1844) | Portrait of Edwin William Freese (1823-1915)

    Est: $5,000 - $8,000

    together with a cabinet card photograph of Edwin William Freese circa 1880.

    Sotheby's
  • PROBABLY MILTON W. HOPKINS (AMERICAN, 1789-1844) A PAIR OF PORTRAITS Oil on panel: 27 x 22 1/2 in. (both)
    Apr. 08, 2017

    PROBABLY MILTON W. HOPKINS (AMERICAN, 1789-1844) A PAIR OF PORTRAITS Oil on panel: 27 x 22 1/2 in. (both)

    Est: $4,000 - $6,000

    PROBABLY MILTON W. HOPKINS (AMERICAN, 1789-1844) A PAIR OF PORTRAITS Oil on panel: 27 x 22 1/2 in. (both) Framed; good images were seen in 1970 by the Chief Curator at the National Gallery, Washington, D.C., and he made a connection between the Portrait by Milton W. Hopkins of Aphia Salisbury Rich and Baby Edward, circa 1833, (NGA 1958.9.12) and these portraits: "On viewing the large photograph I feel quite confident that it shows a portrait by the same artist who did the painting we discussed earlier (Aphia Salisbury Rich and Baby Edward)." (2) Provenance: Private Collection

    Potomack Company
  • MILTON HOPKINS (1789-1844) | Portrait of a Woman Wearing a White Bonnet and Holding a Red Book
    Jan. 21, 2017

    MILTON HOPKINS (1789-1844) | Portrait of a Woman Wearing a White Bonnet and Holding a Red Book

    Est: $4,000 - $6,000

    The subject is said to be Fanny Atkins, who is partly of Native American descent. According to family tradition, the artist was named “Hopkins.” Despite this, the present portrait was long-attributed to Noah North, but when the relationship between Hopkins and North was clarified, it was reattributed to Hopkins.

    Sotheby's
  • ATTRIBUTED TO MILTON W. HOPKINS (1789-1844) | Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Bonnet and Holding a Book
    Jan. 21, 2017

    ATTRIBUTED TO MILTON W. HOPKINS (1789-1844) | Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Bonnet and Holding a Book

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    oil on panel

    Sotheby's
  • ATTRIBUTED TO MILTON HOPKINS (1789-1844) | Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Green Pamphlet "Missionary Herald" (Possibly Marcus Whitman of Cuba, New York)
    Jan. 21, 2017

    ATTRIBUTED TO MILTON HOPKINS (1789-1844) | Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Green Pamphlet "Missionary Herald" (Possibly Marcus Whitman of Cuba, New York)

    Est: $5,000 - $7,000

    oil on panel

    Sotheby's
  • Milton Hopkins (American, 1789-1884) Portrait of Marietta Ryan
    Mar. 29, 2014

    Milton Hopkins (American, 1789-1884) Portrait of Marietta Ryan

    Est: $10,000 - $15,000

    Oil/board. Unsigned.

    Cottone Auctions
  • MILTON W. HOPKINS (AMERICAN 1789-1844). PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG WOMAN WEARING A FANCY LACE BONNET WITH FLORAL SPRIGGED RIBBON.
    Oct. 26, 2013

    MILTON W. HOPKINS (AMERICAN 1789-1844). PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG WOMAN WEARING A FANCY LACE BONNET WITH FLORAL SPRIGGED RIBBON.

    Est: $8,000 - $12,000

    Oil on panel, 27 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches.

    Bourgeault-Horan Antiquarians
  • ***YOUNG GIRL AFTER MILTON HOPKINS (AMERICAN, 1789-1844).
    Mar. 31, 2012

    ***YOUNG GIRL AFTER MILTON HOPKINS (AMERICAN, 1789-1844).

    Est: $200 - $400

    ***YOUNG GIRL AFTER MILTON HOPKINS (AMERICAN, 1789-1844). Oil on board, unsigned, early 20th century. Full-length portrait of a child in a red dress, holding basket of flowers, spotted dog at her feet. 14"h. 11"w., in a frame, 16"h. 12 1/2"w. See Sotheby's New York sale, January 16, 2004, lot 32 of Virginia Ada Wright.

    Garth's Auctioneers & Appraisers
  • PORTRAIT OF A BESPECTACLED LADY ATTRIBUTED TO MILTON W. HOPKINS (NEW YORK, 1789-1844).
    Nov. 25, 2011

    PORTRAIT OF A BESPECTACLED LADY ATTRIBUTED TO MILTON W. HOPKINS (NEW YORK, 1789-1844).

    Est: $800 - $1,200

    PORTRAIT OF A BESPECTACLED LADY ATTRIBUTED TO MILTON W. HOPKINS (NEW YORK, 1789-1844). Graphite on paper. Bust-length portrait of an older lady wearing a bonnet and spectacles with hinged sun lenses. Period decorated frame, 14 1/2"h. 13"w. Sold at Skinner, November 2006, lot 829, ex Jim Dawson (Kentucky), sold at Garth's, October 2004, lot 105, ex David Schorsch (Connecticut), ex Austin Miller (Ohio). Hopkins' portrait of Francis Drake Parish that is in the collection of Oberlin College portrays a similar spectacles.

    Garth's Auctioneers & Appraisers
  • Milton W. Hopkins (American, 1789-1844) Portrait of a Young Woman Wearing a Fancy Pink-Ribboned Lace Bonnet. Unsigned. Oil on canvas...
    Mar. 06, 2011

    Milton W. Hopkins (American, 1789-1844) Portrait of a Young Woman Wearing a Fancy Pink-Ribboned Lace Bonnet. Unsigned. Oil on canvas...

    Est: $2,000 - $3,000

    Milton W. Hopkins (American, 1789-1844) Portrait of a Young Woman Wearing a Fancy Pink-Ribboned Lace Bonnet. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, c. 1835, 28 x 22 1/2 in., in a period molded giltwood frame. Condition: Retouch to background of shoulder areas.

    Skinner
  • Milton W. Hopkins (American, 1789-1844) Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Fancy Yellow-Ribboned Lace Bonnet. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, c....
    Aug. 15, 2010

    Milton W. Hopkins (American, 1789-1844) Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Fancy Yellow-Ribboned Lace Bonnet. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, c....

    Est: $2,500 - $3,500

    Milton W. Hopkins (American, 1789-1844) Portrait of a Woman Wearing a Fancy Yellow-Ribboned Lace Bonnet. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, c. 1835, 28 x 22 1/2 in., in a molded giltwood frame. Condition: Scattered retouch to figure and background.

    Skinner
  • TWO PORTRAITS OF JAMES COLLINS AND WIFE BY MILTON W. HOPKINS (CONNECTICUT/NEW YORK/OHIO, 1789-1844).
    May. 29, 2010

    TWO PORTRAITS OF JAMES COLLINS AND WIFE BY MILTON W. HOPKINS (CONNECTICUT/NEW YORK/OHIO, 1789-1844).

    Est: $4,000 - $6,000

    TWO PORTRAITS OF JAMES COLLINS AND WIFE BY MILTON W. HOPKINS (CONNECTICUT/NEW YORK/OHIO, 1789-1844). Oil on canvas, signed and dated on the back with sitters' identities. Pleasant portraits of the parents, James Collins Esq., aged thirty-nine in 1842, and Mrs. A. Collins, aged thirty-six. Conservation report available. Both are 30"h. 25"w., in their original gilt frames, 35"h. 30"w. Ex Sumpter Priddy III (Virginia). Milton W. Hopkins and the Collins Family The Connecticut-born artist Milton W. Hopkins (1789-1844) spent most of his life in Connecticut and New York. He began his career as a portraitist in earnest when he advertised himself as a portrait painter and instructor in Albion, New York in 1833. In 1836, Hopkins packed up his wife and ten children and headed west to Ohio, settling in Clermont County. Though he never sold the Clermont County farm (he would die there in 1844), he would later set up a studio in Columbus (1840-1843) and then in Cincinnati (1843-1844). Based on identified portraits, Hopkins clearly traveled throughout the region for commissions. Hopkins was a fervent anti-Mason and temperance advocate, and according to research by Jacquelyn Oak, it may have been his growing abolitionist sentiment that drove him to Ohio. She further postulates that it is through his anti-slavery efforts that Hopkins met fellow abolitionist and lawyer James Collins, Jr. while in Clermont County. Collins (b. 1802 or 1803), a lawyer, married Angelina (apparently sometimes called Margaret) in 1830 and had four children. Documenting their location(s) is somewhat challenging, but Oak's research places them in Clermont County during Hopkins's residency, and later in Illinois (always as an active member of the abolition movement). As an attorney, Collins may well have spent time in Columbus (perhaps visiting Hopkins in his studio, which was very near the Ohio Statehouse). The 1850 Federal Census locates the Collins family in New Albany, Indiana, along the Ohio River (and in their household was an African-American girl named Anne Robertson). Hopkins painted portraits Mr. and Mrs. Collins and of their sons Alfred and James in 1842. The portrait of the younger child was painted by another artist after Hopkins's death. All of the present portraits remained together and were "discovered" in a Missouri attic years ago. These portraits are among the few identified examples from Hopkins's Midwestern period, a fact made more important because of the shared abolitionist efforts of both artist and sitter. Additionally, the double portrait of James and Alfred is the only known double portrait by Hopkins. In short, this family group of portraits should be considered among the most significant Midwestern portraits of the 1840s period. References: Face to Face: M.W. Hopkins and Noah North , 1988 Joy-Dyer, Cornelia C., Some Records of the Dyer Family , 1884 Williams, Byron, History of Clermont and Brown Counties, Ohio , 1913.

    Garth's Auctioneers & Appraisers
  • RARE DOUBLE PORTRAIT OF ALFRED AND JAMES J. COLLINS BY MILTON W. HOPKINS (CONNECTICUT/NEW YORK/OHIO, 1789-1844).
    May. 29, 2010

    RARE DOUBLE PORTRAIT OF ALFRED AND JAMES J. COLLINS BY MILTON W. HOPKINS (CONNECTICUT/NEW YORK/OHIO, 1789-1844).

    Est: $15,000 - $20,000

    RARE DOUBLE PORTRAIT OF ALFRED AND JAMES J. COLLINS BY MILTON W. HOPKINS (CONNECTICUT/NEW YORK/OHIO, 1789-1844). Oil on canvas, signed on the back. The two sons of the Collins family, identified on the back with their ages of six and four in 1842. The boys hold a small whip and the pet dog. Conservation report available. 25 1/4"h. 30"w., in its original gilt frame, 29 1/2"h. 35 1/2"w. Ex Sumpter Priddy III (Virginia). Milton W. Hopkins and the Collins Family The Connecticut-born artist Milton W. Hopkins (1789-1844) spent most of his life in Connecticut and New York. He began his career as a portraitist in earnest when he advertised himself as a portrait painter and instructor in Albion, New York in 1833. In 1836, Hopkins packed up his wife and ten children and headed west to Ohio, settling in Clermont County. Though he never sold the Clermont County farm (he would die there in 1844), he would later set up a studio in Columbus (1840-1843) and then in Cincinnati (1843-1844). Based on identified portraits, Hopkins clearly traveled throughout the region for commissions. Hopkins was a fervent anti-Mason and temperance advocate, and according to research by Jacquelyn Oak, it may have been his growing abolitionist sentiment that drove him to Ohio. She further postulates that it is through his anti-slavery efforts that Hopkins met fellow abolitionist and lawyer James Collins, Jr. while in Clermont County. Collins (b. 1802 or 1803), a lawyer, married Angelina (apparently sometimes called Margaret) in 1830 and had four children. Documenting their location(s) is somewhat challenging, but Oak's research places them in Clermont County during Hopkins's residency, and later in Illinois (always as an active member of the abolition movement). As an attorney, Collins may well have spent time in Columbus (perhaps visiting Hopkins in his studio, which was very near the Ohio Statehouse). The 1850 Federal Census locates the Collins family in New Albany, Indiana, along the Ohio River (and in their household was an African-American girl named Anne Robertson). Hopkins painted portraits Mr. and Mrs. Collins and of their sons Alfred and James in 1842. The portrait of the younger child was painted by another artist after Hopkins's death. All of the present portraits remained together and were "discovered" in a Missouri attic years ago. These portraits are among the few identified examples from Hopkins's Midwestern period, a fact made more important because of the shared abolitionist efforts of both artist and sitter. Additionally, the double portrait of James and Alfred is the only known double portrait by Hopkins. In short, this family group of portraits should be considered among the most significant Midwestern portraits of the 1840s period. References: Face to Face: M.W. Hopkins and Noah North , 1988 Joy-Dyer, Cornelia C., Some Records of the Dyer Family , 1884 Williams, Byron, History of Clermont and Brown Counties, Ohio , 1913.

    Garth's Auctioneers & Appraisers
  • ATTRIBUTED TO MILTON HOPKINS 1789-1844 PORTRAIT OF A CHILD IN RED; DOG PULLING A YELLOW STOCKING
    May. 19, 2005

    ATTRIBUTED TO MILTON HOPKINS 1789-1844 PORTRAIT OF A CHILD IN RED; DOG PULLING A YELLOW STOCKING

    Est: $6,000 - $8,000

    oil on canvas CATALOGUE NOTE Painted circa 1830; in a reproduction frame.

    Sotheby's
  • CHARCOAL PORTRAIT ON PAPER. Attributed to Milton Williams Hopkins (American 1789-1844). Woman wearing a white lace bonnet, pinned black shawl and
    Oct. 22, 2004

    CHARCOAL PORTRAIT ON PAPER. Attributed to Milton Williams Hopkins (American 1789-1844). Woman wearing a white lace bonnet, pinned black shawl and

    Est: $3,500 - $7,000

    CHARCOAL PORTRAIT ON PAPER. Attributed to Milton Williams Hopkins (American 1789-1844). Woman wearing a white lace bonnet, pinned black shawl and eyeglasses with additional lenses faintly tinted blue. Stained with minor edge damage. 10 3/4"h. 9 1/2"w. Faux tortoise shell painted frame with gilt liner. 14 3/4"h. 13"w. Ex David Schorsch, ex Austin Miller.

    Garth's Auctioneers & Appraisers
  • Attributed to Milton W. Hopkins (New York State and Connecticut, 1789-1844) A Pair of Portraits,
    Feb. 23, 2003

    Attributed to Milton W. Hopkins (New York State and Connecticut, 1789-1844) A Pair of Portraits,

    Est: $8,000 - $12,000

    c. 1833. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, the woman with lace collar and cap with ribbons, wearing gold earrings with a touch of red, which is also seen in the drapery around her right shoulder; the man in dark coat with brass buttons, a gold colored waistcoat, and a stiff white cravat, ht. 26, wd. 21 3/4 in. Condition: Laid down, revarnished. Note: The attribution to M.W. Hopkins, whose work is so similar to Noah North as to be indistinguishable, is based on stylistic similarities to a labeled work of Hopkins. See Face to Face: M.W. Hopkins and Noah North, exhibition catalogue, Museum of Our National Heritage, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1988, pp. 120-121. These male and female modeled faces with a naturalistic appearance include clearly defined facial features and prominent ears with D-shaped inner areas, as well as highlighted pupils and inner eye corners.

    Skinner
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