Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1800
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
William Turner is a 1800 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This engraving shows William Turner looking to his left. The lines are smooth but the shadows are deep. That gives his face a quiet glow. Saint-Mémin used a tool to make fine dots and dashes. They build up the skin tones without color. It’s called mezzotint, a tricky way to print rich blacks. Look up 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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