Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1809
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Theodore Hunt is a 1809 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This engraving shows Theodore Hunt in profile, his face sharply lit against a dark background. The artist used fine lines to carve Hunt’s features and clothes, making them pop off the page. A fancy border frames the portrait like a window, filled with tiny repeating patterns. This style was big in early 1800s America. Saint-Mémin worked in Washington, D.C., making portraits for politicians and leaders. His work helped spread European engraving techniques here. Try looking 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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