Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1808
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Philip Norborne Nicholas is a 1808 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This portrait shows a man's right profile. He's dressed in formal clothes. The artist used a technique called engraving to create this image, which involves carving a design into a metal plate. The portrait is interesting because it's a significant work in American portraiture. It was made around 1808. You can learn more about the artist who made this portrait at the museum where it's kept, 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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