Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1799
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Miss Burges is a 1799 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a portrait of a woman, Miss Burges. She's dressed in clothes from the late 1700s. The artist used a lot of detail to show her face and clothes, which is interesting because it was made using a special process. The process used to make this portrait is mezzotint, which involves engraving a metal plate to create the image. This technique was popular back then because it allowed for a lot of detail and shading. You can learn more about this technique by looking into 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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