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Frances Anne Hopkins (February 2, 1838 – March 5, 1919) was a British painter. She was the third of Frederick William Beechey's five children. In 1858, she married a Hudson's Bay Company official, Edward Hopkins, whose work took him to North America. Hopkins travelled along with him.
Sep 21, 2023 · Frances Anne Hopkins lived in Canada during the final decades of long-distance canoe travel as a means of transportation for the Hudson’s Bay Company. Her paintings serve as a valuable historical record of these fur-trading voyages before the introduction of steamships and the railway.
Oct 2, 2023 · By the time Frances Anne Hopkins began documenting the voyageurs’ lives, the need for them was diminishing. Faster travel methods such as trains and steamboats were becoming popular, and the demand for furs was decreasing (as were the number of beavers).
The name “Frances Anne Hopkins” has long been synonymous with images of voyageurs of Canada’s fur‐trading past. Born in England, Hopkins arrived in Canada in late 1858, a young bride and new stepmother to three young boys, ready to engage artistically with her new, if temporary, home.
Frances Anne (Beechey) Hopkins was born in England and was the granddaughter of the noted portraitist Sir William Beechey. In 1858 she married Edward Martin Hopkins, Secretary to Sir George Simpson, Superintendent General
Frances Anne Hopkins, artist, wife, and mother, captured the essence of the canoe brigades in the decade before 1870 and dramatically documented her European perception of the wilderness waterways between Montreal and Manitoba.
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Frances Anne Hopkins, Canoe Manned by Voyageurs Passing a Waterfall, 1869. Oil on canvas, 152.4 x 73.7 cm.
