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Smith (FRANCIS HOPKINSON an American)

FRANCIS HOPKINSON, an American painter, writer and civil engineer; born in Baltimore, Md., Oct. 23, 1838. He was educated as a mechanical engineer; built the government wall round Governor's Island, one at Tompkinsville, S. I., the Race Rock lighthouse off New London, Conn., the foundation for the statue of Liberty Enlightening the World in New York harbor, etc. He won fame as a water-color artist and an illustrator, and lectured on art. Among his most popular books are: "Book of the Tile Club" (1890); "A White Umbrella in Mexico" (1889); "Colonel Carter of Cartersville" (1891); "American Illustrators" (1892); "A'Gentleman Vagabond" (1895); "Gondola Days" (1897); "Caleb West" (1898) ; "The Other Fellow" Other Fellow (1899); "Kennedy Square" (1911); "The Arm Chair at the Inn" (1912); "In Dickens Land" (1914); "Felix O'Day" (1915). He died in 1915.