Saint-Mémin Collection of Portraits, Group 25

Charles B. J. Févret de Saint-Mémin

National Gallery of Art

The image depicts a grid of fifteen circular portraits of individuals in profile view. Each portrait shows a person from the shoulders up, facing either left or right. The men have short, neatly styled hair and wear formal 19th-century attire. One woman, labeled "Mrs. Gilmore," has elegantly styled curly hair and a high-waisted dress, while another woman, labeled "Mrs. Smith," wears a bonnet and shawl. There is no visible jewelry or objects in the portraits. The names of the individuals are handwritten below each image.