Public Domain, National Gallery of Art, via Wikimedia Commons
Meriwether Lewis (Profile Portrait)
Charles de Saint-Mémin • c. 1803–1807
Profile portrait engraving of Meriwether Lewis created using the physiognotrace, a mechanical device popular in the early 1800s. Lewis sat for this portrait in Washington, D.C. The intimate profile view captures Lewis in a contemplative pose facing right.
