Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1806
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
John McDaniel is a 1806 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This small 1806 print shows John McDaniel’s face turned slightly left. His high collar and neat hair suggest early 19th-century style. Light falls on his cheek, while the rest stays shaded. Saint-Mémin used a printing trick called mezzotint. The copper plate was roughened everywhere, then scraped smooth in places to catch the ink. That gives this tiny image its soft glow. It’s one of just a few hundred prints Saint-Mémin made this way. Look for it at the National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French pronunciation: ; 1770–1852) was a French portrait painter and museum director.
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