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The Woman Taking Coffee

1774
(French, 1736–1793)
Support
Laid paper
Measurements
Image: 28.5 x 23.3 cm (11 1/4 x 9 3/16 in.); Sheet: 32.2 x 25 cm (12 11/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Catalogue raisonné
Le Blanc 535; Hérold 294
Public Domain
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Not on view
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The elaborate gold frame surrounding this print was created with some of the same techniques used to gild frames in the 1700s.

Description

This print belongs to a series created by Louis-Marin Bonnet featuring innovative color printing techniques derived from optical science to mimic the pastel drawings and miniature paintings highly sought by collectors. To increase the works’ appeal, the artist also developed a method for printing decorative frames by applying gold leaf. Hoping to evade strict governmental regulations on the uses of gold in France, he passed off his prints as English imports, which he sold at his store Au Magasin Anglois (At the English Shop). Bonnet’s elaborate ruse included English titles, the address of a London printshop, and a pseudonym, L. Marin.
An etching and engraving with gold leaf depicts a woman with a light skin tone within a vertical oval. Facing our left with eyes downcast, she pours steaming dark liquid from a blue pot into a saucer held in her left hand. She wears a striped shawl over a white dress. A gold oval border with blue circles surrounds her. Cursive text below reads, "The Woman Taking Coffee."

The Woman Taking Coffee

1774

Louis-Marin Bonnet

(French, 1736–1793)
France, 18th century

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