Samuel Baldwin Ludlow
1838
Medium
Watercolor on ivory
Dimensions
2 11/16 x 1 7/8 in. (6.8 x 4.9 cm)
Classification
Painting, miniature
Culture
American
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Gloria Manney, 2006
Accession Number
2006.235.100
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the intimate world of 19th-century American portraiture with *Samuel Baldwin Ludlow*, a delicate watercolor miniature on ivory painted by Theodore Lund in 1838. Measuring just 2 11/16 x 1 7/8 inches, this gem from The Metropolitan Museum of Art's American Wing captures the likeness of its namesake subject with remarkable precision. Lund, a skilled itinerant miniaturist working in the Northeastern United States, specialized in these tiny treasures, which were cherished as personal mementos—often worn as lockets or pinned to clothing. Watercolor on ivory was a prized technique for min...
About the Artist
Theodore Lund · 1810–1895
1810–1895