These paintings are usually listed on auction sites as being sold as a pair, but the information in sometimes unclear about which portrait is which. One source identifies the portrait of Edward as a girl. Edward Michael Hopton (1884-1916), aged 5 or 6, and Guy William Hopton, aged 8 or 9 (1881-1915), were the sons …

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