William M. Chase, N. A. is a 1902 painting by John Singer Sargent.

[1] The subject of the portrait, William Merritt Chase, was an American painter, known as an exponent of Impressionism and as a leading New York art teacher.

The postnomial N. A. indicates his election to New York's National Academy of Design.

The painting was commissioned by a group of his pupils, who subsequently raised the money to pay Sargent by exhibiting the work.

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