Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
1808
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Williams Carter is a 1808 ink by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, a Romanticism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This engraving shows a man in side profile, dressed in early 1800s style. His coat has subtle folds and his face is calm. The artist used fine lines to shade the background, making the subject stand out. The print is a mezzotint. That means the artist roughed up a metal plate, then smoothed areas to create light and dark. It’s the opposite of scratching lines to make marks. Look up the artist who made this.
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin (French pronunciation: ; 1770–1852) was a French portrait painter and museum director.
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