Thomas Spence Duché (September 15, 1763 – March 31, 1790) was an American painter who studied under Benjamin West after his family moved from Philadelphia to London during the American Revolution.
Duché was a student at the Academy of Philadelphia as a child.
His father, the Reverend Jacob Duché (1737-1798), was the first chaplain to the Continental Congress, who later allied with the British and fled to England in December 1777.
[citation needed] In London, Duché trained in Benjamin West's studio, alongside John Trumball and Gilbert Stuart, among others.
[2] He worked primarily as a portrait painter until his early death from tuberculosis in 1790.