1674
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Dominant colour
John Souter, Merchant at Exeter is a 1674 ink by Robert White, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white portrait of a man with curly hair and a mustache. He’s wearing a ruffled collar and looks serious. The background is plain, and the whole image is inside a rounded frame. The artist used lots of tiny lines to create shadows and texture—this is called cross-hatching. It makes the face look detailed even though there’s no color. Next, look up engraving to see how artists make prints like this.
Robert White (1645 – 1703) was an English draughtsman and engraver. A Londoner, he was a pupil of David Loggan, and became a leading portrait engraver. White was celebrated for his original portraits, drawn in pencil on…
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