John Curzon Seton
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 12 Mar 1770 - 23 Jun 1852
Details
- Palette
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- Medium
- Engraving on paper
- Dimensions
- Image: 5.5 x 5.5 cm (2 3/16 x 2 3/16"); Sheet: 55 x 40 cm (21 5/8 x 15 3/4")
- Holding institution
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- Image provider
- smithsonian-national-portrait-gallery
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Art Genome Taxonomy
6 tags
Subject Matter
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Individual Portrait Both · 99%
The museum catalog identifies the work as a portrait of John Curzon Seton, and the image visibly presents one sitter in profile within a focused portrait composition.
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Face Visual · 98%
The composition prominently centers on the sitter’s face in profile, with detailed attention to the nose, mouth, eye, facial hair, and surrounding hair.
Medium and Techniques
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Prints Metadata · 100%
The museum classifies the object as a print and specifies engraving on paper as its medium.
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Etching/Engraving Both · 99%
The catalog identifies the medium as engraving, and the image visibly uses closely spaced parallel, curved, and contour lines to model the sitter and clothing.
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Tondo Visual · 98%
The portrait image is enclosed by a clearly circular boundary, with the sitter cropped by the circumference.
Time Periods
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18th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog date is 1798, placing the work in the eighteenth century.
Source & rights
Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, 12 Mar 1770 - 23 Jun 1852. John Curzon Seton. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon.