Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint-Mémin
Portrait of Georges Arnold Fitzwilliam
c. 1790–1852
Black and white chalk on buff paper with pink wash in original frame
40.6 × 31.7 cm (16 × 12.5 in)
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Not currently on view
In the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland · as of July 2026
Discussion
FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG
The physiognotrace device used to create this portrait consisted of a wooden frame within which a sitter posed in profile; the artist then peered through an eyepiece and followed the contour and features of the sitter’s face by maneuvering a graphite pencil attached to the mechanism.
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