Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1805
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
Elisha Cullen Dick is a 1805 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This print shows Elisha Cullen Dick in a stiff side view. The face is sharp and clear, cut by the engraver’s tool. Light hits one side of his head, leaving the other in deep shadow. Saint-Mémin made many official portraits this way. He worked fast, using a device that fixed the sitter’s face in place. The lines feel crisp, almost like a photograph. Look next at 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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