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Young Man and Woman by a Gate
(18th and 19th Centuries )
A youth appears to be flirting with a bashful young woman at a garden gate.
Educated as a lawyer at Brown and Harvard Universities, Hoppin practiced his profession in his native Providence, Rhode Island, before becoming an illustrator. He generally specialized in humorous subjects, although he also illustrated travel books.
Provenance
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William T. or Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
Exhibitions
| 1994-1995 | Private Lives: Nineteenth Century American Genre Drawings. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
USA (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 4 3/4 x W: 4 in. (12 x 10.1 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.1946