Thomas Hope
Still Life with Banjo
Oil on Canvas
Size 18 x 24 inches
Signed Lower left
Circa 1880
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Thomas Hope was born in England and moved to Bridgeport, Connectjcut in the 1860’s. After serving in the Civil War with the 17th Connecticut Volunteers he moved to Philadelphia and studied art in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. In the 1880’s he returned to the Bridgeport area. It is at this time that he painted this still life. The banjo Is a wonderful piece of Americana as subject matter is somewhat rare in trompe-l'oiel image.
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