Timothy Pickering
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Classification
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Accession Number
S/NPG.68.25
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Art Historical Context
Step into the early 19th-century world of American statesmanship with this striking 1806 print portrait of Timothy Pickering by Charles Balthazar Julienévret de Saint-Mmin. Rendered in Saint-Mémin's signature style, the work captures the Massachusetts native—a farmer, lawyer, general, and officer—with the precision of a cameo silhouette. Part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection, gifted by Mr. and Mrs. Paul, it exemplifies the National Portrait Gallery's focus on pivotal U.S. figures. Timothy Pickering was a Federalist powerhouse in George Washington's and John Adams' administr...