Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1806
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Samuel Hambleton is a 1806 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This small print shows Samuel Hambleton’s face in sharp black and white. Light hits his cheek and forehead while shadows carve deep lines around his eyes and mouth. The artist used a tool to scratch fine lines into a metal plate, then pressed ink onto paper to create this print. Mezzotint is tricky. The artist first roughens the plate, then smooths parts to make dark or light areas. Here, he left the background coarse and dark while polishing the face smooth for bright highlights. See how the curls in his hair catch the light? Check out Saint-Mémin, Charles B. J. Févret de next.
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French pronunciation: ; 1770–1852) was a French portrait painter and museum director.
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