Benjamin King

1806

Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin

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

Artist, French, 1770 - 1852

The image shows a man's upper body in a profile position. He has distinctive facial features with a prominent nose. His hair is styled in wavy locks, swept back behind his ears. He is wearing a dark jacket with two visible buttons and a white cravat. The background is plain and dark, and the portrait is set within a circular frame on a textured surface.

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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): 6.83 × 6.19 cm (2 11/16 × 2 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1584.35.5

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Miles 1994, no. 466

Associated Artworks

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The image shows a side profile portrait of a man facing to the right. He has a defined facial profile with a prominent nose and chin, and his hair is styled neatly back with a ponytail. He is wearing a formal outfit with a double-breasted coat and a white cravat. The background is a plain dark circle with a lighter outer area. The name "John M. Daniel" is handwritten beneath the portrait.

John McDaniel

Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin

1806

The image features 16 portrait illustrations arranged in a 4x4 grid. Each portrait shows the head and upper shoulders in profile view facing left within a circular frame against a plain background. The facial features vary among the subjects, including noses, jawlines, and hair styles. Some men wear wigs, and one woman wears a cap. The clothing consists of typical early 19th-century European attire. Each portrait is labeled with a name in cursive script below the circle, and the background color is an aged cream with a tan border.

Saint-Mémin Collection of Portraits, Group 35

Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin

1804

The image is a portrait of a person in profile facing to the right. The individual has a prominent nose and a firm expression with defined facial features. The hair is styled in a voluminous, wavy manner, with locks brushed back and tied at the nape. The person is dressed in a dark coat with a high collar and a white cravat at the neck. The portrait is circular and set against a plain, dark background. Below the image, there is handwritten text on a light brown band with the name "Gabriel Duvall."

Gabriel Duvall

Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin

1806

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. 424.

1940

  • Catalogue of Engraved Portraits by Favret de Saint Memin, 1770-1852. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1940, p. 14.

1994

  • Miles, Ellen G. Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical Profile Portrait in America. Washington, DC: National Portrait Gallery, 1994, p. 331, no. 466.

Inscriptions

lower center mount in black ink by unknown hand: Benj. King.

Wikidata ID

Q77262027

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