Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1798
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
William Hill Wells is a 1798 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This painting shows a profile view of William Hill Wells. He's looking straight ahead, his face serious. The artist used a lot of detail to make the portrait look realistic. The portrait is interesting because it was made using a special process. The artist, Saint-Mémin, was good at making portraits that looked like the people he drew. You can learn more about this kind of art by looking into the work of artist: 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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