through his active participation in the Presbyterian Church. His last signed work dates from 1841. He was back in Cincinnati by 1843 and once again began advertising his services. He died there of pneumonia the following year. His works are occasionally confused with those of Noah North, who worked in some of the same areas and may have been apprenticed to Hopkins at some point. References Further reading Barbara Franco, et al., Face to Face: M.W. Hopkins and Noah North, Museum of Our National Heritage, 1988 External links More works by Hopkins @ ArtNet Milton Hopkins @ Find-a-Grave 1789 births 1844 deaths American male painters American portrait painters Folk artists Painters from Connecticut Painters from New York (state) People from Harwinton, Connecticut Painters from Ohio 19th-century American painters Deaths from pneumonia in Ohio 19th-century American male artists