Samuel Hopkins Lambdin

James Reid Lambdin, Samuel Hopkins Lambdin, 1850, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1978.162.3
Copied James Reid Lambdin, Samuel Hopkins Lambdin, 1850, watercolor on ivory, sight 4 383 12 in. (11.18.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1978.162.3
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Artwork Details

Title
Samuel Hopkins Lambdin
Date
1850
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sight 4 383 12 in. (11.18.9 cm)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Subjects
  • Portrait male — Lambdin, Samuel H.
Object Number
1978.162.3

Artwork Description

Samuel Hopkins Lambdin, the artist’s younger brother, was born in Pittsburgh, but settled in Natchez, Mississippi. He became president of the Planters Bank of Mississippi, and in 1865 served as a delegate to the Reconstruction Convention. This miniature was exhibited in 1911 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts tenth annual Pennsylvania Society of Miniature Painters show.