Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1809
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Frances Cadwalader Erskine is a 1809 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This portrait shows a woman's face in a simple frame. She looks straight ahead with a calm expression. The artist used a lot of detail to draw her hair and clothes. The woman in the portrait is Frances Cadwalader Erskine. Her portrait is small, only about 6.5 cm tall. It's made using a special printing technique. You can learn more by looking up the work of artist: 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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