Pierre Noel le Cauchois

Louis-Jacques Cathelin, after Marie Therese Noireterre

National Gallery of Art

The image is an etching of a man in a portrait within an oval frame. He has light-colored, wavy hair and a pointed nose, wears a formal jacket with a high collar and a cravat. The frame has detailed decoration, with scattered sheets of paper below the portrait. The background is textured. Inscriptions at the top and bottom of the image provide his name and titles.