Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de - Dr. Thomas Parke - 1802 v1 - T-Shirt

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Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de - Dr. Thomas Parke - 1802 v1 - T-Shirt

An oval chalk profile of Dr. Thomas Parke, dated 1802, shows the sitter facing left, his balding crown and dark cropped hair set against a warm peach ground.

Visual Elements & Composition

The sheet is cut to an oval, and the head and upper chest fill it from crown to lower coat. Brown-black crayon models the face, with the nose, brow and mouth drawn in firm lines. White chalk lifts the loosely folded cravat at the throat and the edge of the turned-down collar. The peach-tinted paper dominates the field, and there is no prop, landscape or inscription to compete with the outline of the head.

Meaning & Symbolism

The lowered gaze and set mouth give the figure a composed, serious air, and the sober dress reinforces it. Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Memin made many profile likenesses in crayon and chalk in the United States in the early nineteenth century. He fixed each outline with a mechanical tracing device and finished the interior by hand, which made the portraits quick to produce and easy to distribute. This 1802 oval belongs to that body of work, and it is held in the National Portrait Gallery collection at the Smithsonian, where it is currently not on view.

Wearing the Portrait

A profile is built around its outline, and on this tee that outline sits across the chest, so the sitter's face turns toward the left side of the wearer. The oval frame keeps the image compact and centred, and the peach ground carries the whole composition. Seen at conversation distance, the portrait reads as a single clear silhouette rather than a scene.

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