Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1806
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Margaret Smith Foxall is a 1806 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a portrait of Margaret Smith Foxall. She's dressed nicely and looks straight at us. The artist used mezzotint and engraving to create this portrait, which is a pretty old technique. The mezzotint process gives the picture a soft, detailed look. It was a popular way to make portraits back then because it could show a lot of detail. You can learn more about this technique by looking up the artist who made it, 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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