Samuel Love, Jr.

Robert Field, Samuel Love, Jr., 1800, watercolor on ivory, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Richard Graham Davenport, 1942.10.4
Copied Robert Field, Samuel Love, Jr., 1800, watercolor on ivory, sight 2 782 38 in. (7.35.9 cm) oval, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Richard Graham Davenport, 1942.10.4
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Artwork Details

Title
Samuel Love, Jr.
Artist
Date
1800
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
sight 2 782 38 in. (7.35.9 cm) oval
Credit Line
Bequest of Richard Graham Davenport
Mediums
Mediums Description
watercolor on ivory
Classifications
Keywords
  • Portrait male — Love, Samuel, Jr. — bust
Object Number
1942.10.4

Artwork Description

This miniature of Samuel Love Jr. (1755?-1800), a member of the landed gentry in Virginia, was bequeathed to the Museum by the sitter’s great-great-grandson. Love was born in Charles County, Maryland, and grew up at Salisbury Plantation in Loudoun County, Virginia. His likeness was painted in the artist’s Washington, D.C., studio in 1800, the year of Love’s death.