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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.74.39.2.30
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Art Historical Context
Step into the early days of the American republic with this striking 1797 portrait print of William Bache, prominent lawyer, crafted by the talented French émigré artist Charles Bazar Julien Févret Saint-Mémin (0–1852). Titled simply *William Bache*, work captures the subject's dignified profile, emblematic of the professional class emerging in post-Revolutionary America. Housed in the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection—thanks to the generous gift of Mr. and. Paul Mellon—it exemplifies the National Portrait Gallery's commitment to preserving key figures from the nation's formative ye...