Paul Revere

1800

Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin

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

Artist, French, 1770 - 1852

This print is a portrait showing the upper body of a man in profile, facing right. The man is sitting upright, with a round face, light skin, a straight nose, thin lips, and gray hair with a slight wave. The man is wearing a dark coat with a high collar over a light-colored shirt, and the background is dark. The portrait is a circle against blank, off-white paper. The name "Paul Revere" is written below the image on light brown paper.

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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

    2015.19.1584.18.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Miles 1994, no. 690

Associated Artworks

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The image is a portrait illustration of a person drawn in a side profile. The person is positioned to the left, gazing to the right. They have distinct facial features, including a pronounced nose and full lips, curly hair, and a medium complexion. They are wearing an earring. Their garment consists of a dark coat with a high collar, buttons, and a light-colored cravat. The background is a dark circle, and the person's name, "St Guilly," is inscribed at the bottom on a tan strip.

St. Guily

Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin

1801

The image consists of fifteen individual portraits arranged in a grid of five rows and three columns. Each portrait shows a side profile of a man's head and shoulders within circular frames. The men vary in facial features, hairstyles, and clothing. Names are inscribed below each portrait, and the arrangement is on a flat, subtly varied background.

Saint-Mémin Collection of Portraits, Group 18

Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin

1799

The image shows an illustration of a man in a side profile. The man has a prominent nose, a strong chin, and wavy hair that extends to his nape. He is wearing a dark jacket with a high collar, buttons, and a cravat or scarf around his neck. The background is a simple circular frame with a solid, dark color. At the bottom, the text displays the name "Bazile."

Bazile

Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin

1801

More About this Artwork

John Singleton Copley, Paul Revere, 1768, oil on canvas, Gift of Joseph W. Revere, William B. Revere and Edward H. R. Revere, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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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. 201.

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. 378, no. 690.

Inscriptions

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

Wikidata ID

Q77261539

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