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The image is a portrait illustration of an individual in profile view from the bust upwards. The person is facing right with their head turned in profile, featuring a prominent nose, softly defined lips, and hair styled in loose curls. The individual is depicted wearing a formal coat with an upturned collar and a neckcloth tied at the neck. There are no visible accessories. The background is a plain, dark circular backdrop contrasting with the person's lighter tones. The drawing is on textured paper with written text below.
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The image is a portrait illustration of an individual in profile view from the bust upwards. The person is facing right with their head turned in profile, featuring a prominent nose, softly defined lips, and hair styled in loose curls. The individual is depicted wearing a formal coat with an upturned collar and a neckcloth tied at the neck. There are no visible accessories. The background is a plain, dark circular backdrop contrasting with the person's lighter tones. The drawing is on textured paper with written text below.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Andrew D. Barclay

Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin

Date
1796-1797
Medium
mezzotint and engraving in black on wove paper mounted to brown wove paper
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.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2015.19.1584.4.6
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Gift of William Wilson Corcoran)
Time span
1776 to 1800
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Portfolio and series

Series
Saint-Mémin Collection of Portraits

Subjects and terms

  • portrait
  • American
  • engraving
  • mezzotint
  • Man
  • Profile
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

Inscription

lower center in plate: St Memin No 27 Pine St. N. York; lower center mount in black ink by unknown hand: Pr. Ramsey. / Andrew B. Barclay

NGA object ID 214356. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.