Hopkins, Everard, 1860-1928

Everard Hopkins was born on February 5, 1860 to Manley and Catherine (Smith) Hopkins. Like many in his family, Everard Hopkins was interested in the arts. He attended the Slade School of Art and became a professional illustrator and cartoonist for newspapers and periodicals. He exhibited five works at the New Watercolour Society between 1884 and 1885, but his main occupation was as a book illustrator and cartoonist. His watercolors and pastels were exhibited in London, and he was also a regular contributor to Punch from 1882 to 1895.

Between 1880 and 1890, he produced many drawings and watercolors that were distributed as prints; these include, "At the Queens Drawing Room" (1890), "Serenade in Venice" (1891), "Friendly Game of Mixed Doubles" and "Queen Victoria Greets Guests in a Drawing Room in Buckingham Palace" (1900). He was also a prolific illustrator of books and short stories, including “A False Start” by Arthur Conan Doyle (1891), A sentimental Journey Through France and Italy by Laurence Stern (1910), The Children of Wilton Chase by L.T. Meade, and The Princess by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1911). Everard Hopkins died in 1928.