American military officer William Eaton arrives in Tunis as U.S. Consul to the Regency of Tunis to renegotiate the 1797 agreement. In 1805, Eaton played a major role in the Battle of Derna (Libya), during the First Barbary War.
William Eaton, U.S. Consul to Tunis, 1798
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French, 1770–1852), William Eaton, 1808
Engraving on paper
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution · S/NPG.74.39.9.21 · Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon