Self-portrait by Hoppin, 1872
Augustus Hoppin (1828–1896) was an American book illustrator, born in Providence, R. I. He graduated at Brown University in 1848 and was admitted to the bar, but soon gave up the law and went abroad to study art. Upon his return he devoted himself to drawing on wood and to the illustration of books, in which he was successful. His pictures in Nothing to Wear (1857), Poliphar Papers (1853), and The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table (1858) are widely known. He published several volumes of sketches and novels, among the latter Recollections of Auton House (1881) and Married for Fun (1885).
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References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "HOPPIN, Augustus". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
External links
- Works by Augustus Hoppin at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Augustus Hoppin at Internet Archive
- Augustus Hoppin at Library of Congress, with 29 library catalog records
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