Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1804
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Edward Johnson Coale is a 1804 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This tiny engraving shows Edward Johnson Coale, a man in a dark coat with a white collar. His face is lit from the left—sharp cheekbones, serious eyes. The artist used fine lines to build light and shadow, a trick called cross-hatching. You can almost feel the paper’s texture under your fingers. Mezzotint engravings were rare in early 1800s America. Saint-Mémin made this one in Washington, D.C. It’s barely bigger than a postage stamp. Want to see more small prints? Look up Saint-Mémin, Charles B. J. Févret de.
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French pronunciation: ; 1770–1852) was a French portrait painter and museum director.
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