Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1803
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Thorndyke is a 1803 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
The print shows a man’s head in shadow, three-quarter view, white ruffled collar popping against dark coat. His gaze drifts past the frame, giving him quiet authority. A single stroke of cross-hatching deepens the shadow under his jaw. Saint-Mémin only made about 200 prints like this, all from life sittings in Washington around 1803. He traced each face onto a copper plate, then cut and smoothed the metal with hand tools. Look at another of his faces next. 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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