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Self Portrait 1799 by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin

Self Portrait 1799 by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin

Self Portrait 1799 by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, engraving on paper Smithsonian – National Portrait Gallery, Washington
Gift of Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon 1974

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Meriwether Lewis 1805 by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
Thomas Jefferson 1805 by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
Osage Warrior 1805–07 by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
Scyacust Ukah (Ostenaco) 1762 by Joshua Reynolds

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Cachasunghia, Osage Warrior 1804–06 by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
Cachasunghia, Osage Warrior 1804–06 by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
Cachasunghia, Osage Warrior 1804–06 by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
Cachasunghia, Osage Warrior 1804–06 by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin

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Magazine article by Joanna Gilmour, 2016

Joanna Gilmour examines the prolific output of Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, and discovers the risk of taking a portrait at face value.
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