Samuel Love, Jr.
Robert Field
1800
Medium
Painting-Miniature
Classification
Painting-Miniature
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Richard Graham Davenport
Accession Number
1942.10.4
Tags
bust
About this artwork
This miniature of Samuel Love Jr. (1755?-1800), a member of the landed gentry in Virginia, was bequeathed to the Museum by the sitterâs 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 artistâs Washington, D.C., studio in 1800, the year of Loveâs death.