Thomas Blount

1807

Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin

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

Artist, French, 1770 - 1852

The image shows a portrait of a man in profile, facing left. The man has a prominent nose, sideburns, and curly hair styled with volume. He is dressed in formal attire including a dark coat, white shirt, and cravat. The background is a plain circle on a pale canvas, with a signature below the portrait.

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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): 5.72 × 5.56 cm (2 1/4 × 2 3/16 in.)
    sheet (trimmed to plate): 6.83 × 6.19 cm (2 11/16 × 2 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1584.38.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Miles 1994, no. 64

  • Series Title

    Saint-Mémin Collection of Portraits

Associated Artworks

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The image is a portrait showing the upper body of a man in profile, facing to the right. The man has a serious expression with defined facial features including a prominent nose and a sharp jawline. His hair is styled with short curls. He is wearing a dark, high-collared coat with a white cravat tucked around his neck. There is no visible jewelry or objects being held. The background is a simple, circular shadow in a lighter tone, framed within a muted beige rectangle with the text "David Thomas" written in a cursive script below the portrait.

David Thomas

Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin

1807

The image displays a grid of fifteen circular profile portraits. Each portrait shows the head and shoulders of a single subject in a side view. The individuals face right, except for one facing left. The men have various hairstyles, and one woman wears a bonnet. They wear formal clothing typical of the period, with no visible jewelry. The portraits are in monochrome, emphasizing facial features, set against a plain background. Each portrait is labeled with the depicted person's name.

Saint-Mémin Collection of Portraits, Group 38

Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin

1805

The image shows an engraved portrait of a man's upper body in profile, facing right. The man has prominent facial features, including a notable nose and jawline, with wavy and voluminous hair swept back from the forehead. He wears a high-collared shirt with ruffles and a dark coat with double-breasted buttons. The background is a shaded oval. Below the portrait, the name "John S. Smith" is inscribed in script.

Alexander Smyth

Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin

1807

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. 442.

1940

  • Catalogue of Engraved Portraits by Favret de Saint Memin, 1770-1852. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1940, p. 10.

1994

  • Miles, Ellen G. Saint-Mémin and the Neoclassical Profile Portrait in America. Washington, DC: National Portrait Gallery, 1994, p. 249, no. 64.

Inscriptions

lower center mount in black ink by unknown hand: Thos. Blount.

Wikidata ID

Q77262126

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