(REVOLUTION) [Corbutt C; after] Commodore Hopkins Commander

Sale 2065 - Lot 232

Price Realized: $ 1,150

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 600 - $ 800

(REVOLUTION.) [Corbutt, C.; after.] Commodore Hopkins, Commander in Chief of the American Fleet. Hand-colored mezzotint, approximately 14x101/4 inches overall, trimmed just outside the platemark; browned, some staining along the bottom, a few pin holes patched on verso, chips and short tears at edges just outside the image though affecting the text below (with losses); framed. London: Thomas Hart, 1776

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Esek Hopkins stands on the shoreline with sword in hand, while two American ships in the background fly patriotic banners: one a Gadsen flag (aka Hopkins flag since it was his personal standard on the flagship Alfred) showing a rattlesnake with the slogan Don't Tread on Me; the other a flag commonly used on American privateers depicting a liberty tree with the words An Appeal to God.