Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1799
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
George Thompson is a 1799 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This small black-and-white print shows a man’s head in profile. The artist used fine lines to shade the face and hair, making it look three-dimensional. The paper is slightly yellowed with age. Engravings like this were made by hand, one at a time. Each print is unique because the plate wears down as it’s used. This one still looks sharp after more than two hundred years. Look up Saint-Mémin, Charles B. J. Févret de to see more portraits like this.
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French pronunciation: ; 1770–1852) was a French portrait painter and museum director.
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