James Lambdin
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James Reid Lambdin was an American born artist, famous for many of his portraits of U.S. Presidents.
. He later studied art in Philadelphia for two years (1823–25), from the instruction of Thomas Sully
. He is famous for many of his portraits of U.S. Presidents, including portraits of William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor. Mr Lambdin became professor of fine arts at the University of Pennsylvania. He had one son, George C. Lambdin
, in the year of 1830, born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
Life
James Lambdin was born on May 10, 1807, in Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...
. He later studied art in Philadelphia for two years (1823–25), from the instruction of Thomas Sully
Thomas Sully
Thomas Sully was an American painter, mostly of portraits.-Early life:Sully was born in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England, to the actors Matthew and Sarah Sully. In March 1792 the Sullys and their nine children immigrated to Richmond, Virginia, where Thomas’s uncle managed a theater...
. He is famous for many of his portraits of U.S. Presidents, including portraits of William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor. Mr Lambdin became professor of fine arts at the University of Pennsylvania. He had one son, George C. Lambdin
George C. Lambdin
George Cochran Lambdin was an American Victorian artist, best known for his paintings of flowers....
, in the year of 1830, born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.