Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1809
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
John Stoney is a 1809 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
The painting shows a man in profile, wearing a dark coat and light cravat. He has wavy short hair and a prominent nose. The portrait is very small, measuring about 5.56 × 5.56 cm. The man is John Stoney, and we see him from the side. He looks formal in his dark coat. The artist used simple lines to draw him. To learn more about the method used to create this portrait, look up the technique: engraving.
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French pronunciation: ; 1770–1852) was a French portrait painter and museum director.
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