Samuel Hopkins Lambdin
Medium
Painting-Miniature
Classification
Painting-Miniature
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase
Accession Number
1978.162.3
Tags
Portrait male
About this artwork
Samuel Hopkins Lambdin, the artistâs 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.