Evan William Thomas

1798-1803

Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin

Associated Names
Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin

Artist, French, 1770 - 1852

The image depicts a profile portrait of a person facing left. The individual has a prominent nose, strong jawline, smooth complexion, high forehead, and styled light-colored hair. They are wearing a dark coat with a large collar, a white ruffled cravat, and a visible button. The background features textured circular shading, and the portrait is bordered by a paper mat with the inscription "Jacob, Old" at the bottom.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint and engraving in black on wove paper mounted to brown wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of William Wilson Corcoran)

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 5.56 × 5.56 cm (2 3/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
    sheet (trimmed to plate): 6.67 × 6.19 cm (2 5/8 × 2 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1584.24.10

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Miles 1994, no. 814

Associated Artworks

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The image displays a head-to-mid-torso portrait of a man in profile, facing to the right. The man has distinctive wavy, gray hair styled back and wears a high-collared shirt and a dark, formal coat. The circular image features a neutral, textured background. At the bottom, text identifies the person as "Rev'd John Murray."

John Murray

Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin

1802

The image shows a collection of fifteen oval portrait engravings arranged in a grid on a brown background. Each portrait reveals the upper body of individuals in profile, facing either left or right. Men are depicted with a variety of hairstyles and clothing, including powdered wigs and natural hair styled in the fashion of the 18th or early 19th century, with some wearing high-collared coats and neckties. Women have hairstyles that suggest dressed hair with curls and bonnets, and wear detailed clothing such as dresses with high necklines. Simple shading in the background highlights the profile of each individual, with names and titles inscribed below each image for identification. The overall appearance of the collection suggests formality and historical documentation.

Saint-Mémin Collection of Portraits, Group 24

Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin

1798

The image shows a head-and-shoulders profile portrait of a man, James Stuart, M.D., facing to the right. He has a side profile with a defined nose and chin, light-colored curled hair, and is wearing a formal coat with a high collar and a white cravat visible at his neck. The background features a circular dark vignette on a plain surface, with the text "JAMES STUART, M.D." at the bottom of the circle and his signature below.

James Stuart

Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin

1802

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, Dijon, France; Léon Victor Raoul Leclerc, Vicomte de Juigné (the artist's nephew), Dijon, France, 1852; (Henry Stevens, London, England, c. 1859); William W. Corcoran, Washington, DC, c. 1874; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1875; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1862

  • Dexter, Elias. The St. Memin Collection of Portraits; Consisting of Seven Hundred and Sixty Medallion Portraits, Principally of Distinguished Americans. Elias Dexter: New York, 1862, no. 125.

1940

  • Catalogue of Engraved Portraits by Favret de Saint Memin, 1770-1852. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1940, p. 16.

1994

  • Miles, Ellen G. Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical Profile Portrait in America. Washington, DC: National Portrait Gallery, 1994, p. 404, no. 814.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: Drawn & engrd. by St. Memin Philada.; lower center mount in black ink by unknown hand: Jacob. Old.

Wikidata ID

Q77261741

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