Edward Laight
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1807
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1807
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Edward Laight is a 1807 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This small print shows Edward Laight’s face turned three-quarters left. His white cravat stands out against a dark background. Light catches his jaw and forehead, making shadows soft and gradual. Mezzotint uses a rocked metal plate to create those velvety tones. Saint-Mémin carved the plate after drawing Laight in pencil, then inked it by hand before printing. Look up Saint-Mémin, Charles B. J. Févret de to see more of his crisp, early 1800s portraits.
