Creator Record
Metadata
Name |
Hoppin, Augustus |
Dates & places of birth and death |
Born, 1828; Providence, RI Died, 1896 |
Nationality |
American |
Occupation |
Book illustrator |
Notes |
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. |
Role |
Artist |
Education |
Brown University, 1848 |
