Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1809
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Shrewsbury is a 1809 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This print shows a busy street in Shrewsbury, England in 1809. It’s an engraving, which means lines were cut into metal then inked. The artist used cross-hatching to shade the buildings and clouds. You can see clear details like shop signs and people’s clothes. This was rare for the time because most prints were blurry. If you like this style, look up 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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