William Henry Winder
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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.74.39.8.10
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Art Historical Context
Discover the elegant profile portrait of **William Henry Winder**, created in 1804 by French-born artist Charles Balthazar Févret de Saintémin. This print captures Winder, a prominent Maryland lawyer and future military leader, in the refined silhouette style that made Saint-Mémin famous Arriving in America as a refugee from the French Revolution, Saint-Mémin pioneered a mechanical tracing device called the physiognotrace to produce precise, cameo-like profiles, which he then hand-colored and engraved. These affordable prints became a sensation among early American elites, blending European so...