Saint-Mémin, Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de [Anthony Morris]

Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (1770-1852).  [Anthony Morris (1766-1860)]. 

Reproduction late nineteenth or early twentieth century.  2 ¾ x 2  ½ (plate mark).  Photo-mechanical print on heavy wove paper.  Minor water stain left hand margin not affecting image.  Ref: Miles, Saint Memin and the Neoclassical Profile Portrait in America, #588

As Speaker of the Pennsylvania Senate, Morris, a Quaker, signed the bill providing troops to suppress the Whisky Rebellion. For this he was expelled from the Society of Friends. A lawyer and merchant, he was subsequently a director of the Bank of North America (1800-1806) and minister to Spain (1813-1815).