MacCleary

1802

Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin

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

Artist, French, 1770 - 1852

The image is a side profile portrait of a man. The man is facing to the right and visible facial features include a nose, lips, sideburns, and short, curly hair. He is wearing a high-collared garment with a cravat or neckcloth. The background has a circular dark vignette framing the profile, with a light, textured appearance outside the circle. The engraver's signature "Drawn & engrav'd by T. Moriun Philad" and the name "Mac-Cleary" in decorative script are visible 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

    2015.19.1584.25.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Miles 1994, no. 534

Associated Artworks

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The image depicts a grid of fifteen circular portraits of individuals in profile view. Each portrait shows a person from the shoulders up, facing either left or right. The men have short, neatly styled hair and wear formal 19th-century attire. One woman, labeled "Mrs. Gilmore," has elegantly styled curly hair and a high-waisted dress, while another woman, labeled "Mrs. Smith," wears a bonnet and shawl. There is no visible jewelry or objects in the portraits. The names of the individuals are handwritten below each image.

Saint-Mémin Collection of Portraits, Group 25

Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin

1802

The image shows a profile portrait of a man with sharp facial features, short wavy hair, and formal attire. The background is a dark circle, and below the image is a label with the name "Desobry."

Desobry

Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin

1803

The image shows a portrait of a man in profile view from the chest up. The man is facing right with distinct facial features, including a prominent nose and full lips. His face is clean-shaven, with curly hair styled in a late 18th or early 19th-century fashion. He wears a dark coat with a high collar and two visible buttons, along with a light cravat tied around his neck. The background is a plain, neutral tone, highlighting the circular vignette framing. Below the portrait, the name "Thomas Woods" is inscribed in script, along with an attribution signature to the artist "St. Memin."

Woods

Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin

1803

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. 219.

1940

  • Catalogue of Engraved Portraits by Favret de Saint Memin, 1770-1852. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1940, p. 15.

1994

  • Miles, Ellen G. Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical Profile Portrait in America. Washington, DC: National Portrait Gallery, 1994, p. 345, no. 534.

Inscriptions

lower center in plate: Drawn & engrd. by St. Memin Philada.; lower center mount in black ink by unknown hand: Mac-Cleary.

Wikidata ID

Q77261752

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