Lot Essay
Saint-Mémin went to America in 1793 where he worked as a miniaturist. He returned to Paris in 1810.
A Gentleman and a Girl; he, in profile to the left on blue coat, white waistcoat and frilled cravat, hair en queue and she, in profile to the right, in blue dress with lace-bordered white bodice, her dark hair upswept
Details
CHARLES-BALTHAZAR-JULIEN FEVRET DE SAINT-MÉMIN (1770-1852)
A Gentleman and a Girl; he, in profile to the left on blue coat, white waistcoat and frilled cravat, hair en queue and she, in profile to the right, in blue dress with lace-bordered white bodice, her dark hair upswept
pencil and wash on card
3 3/8 in. (86 mm.) diam., gilt-wood frames with inner beaded borders (2)
A Gentleman and a Girl; he, in profile to the left on blue coat, white waistcoat and frilled cravat, hair en queue and she, in profile to the right, in blue dress with lace-bordered white bodice, her dark hair upswept
pencil and wash on card
3 3/8 in. (86 mm.) diam., gilt-wood frames with inner beaded borders (2)
Provenance
Francis Wellesley Collection, no. 514 and 515; Sotheby's, London, 28 June - 2 July 1920, lot 698.
Literature
Catalogue of the Miniatures and Portraits in Plumbago or Pencil belonging to Francis & Minnie Wellesley, Woking and London, n. d., p. 104.
Exhibited
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1914-1918.