Louis-Marin Bonnet. The Charmes of the Morning. 1777. France. Pastel-manner engraving and etching in color, with gold leaf, on ivory laid paper Louis-Marin Bonnet’s color-printing repertoire included these variations on the fashionable pastel portrait genre ( and ). Softly layering multiple chalk-manner plates in colored inks, he completed the images with gold-leaf-accented frames. As the use of gold leaf was strictly regulated in France, Bonnet created an elaborate ruse the English titles, sometimes misspelled, and printer’s address on the paper frame suggest that these print
Louis-Marin Bonnet. The Charmes of the Morning. 1777. France. Pastel-manner engraving and etching in color, with gold leaf, on ivory laid paper Louis-Marin Bonnet’s color-printing repertoire included these variations on the fashionable pastel portrait genre ( and ). Softly layering multiple chalk-manner plates in colored inks, he completed the images with gold-leaf-accented frames. As the use of gold leaf was strictly regulated in France, Bonnet created an elaborate ruse the English titles, sometimes misspelled, and printer’s address on the paper frame suggest that these prints were published in London, not Paris. Patently 18th century, with a hint of the boudoir, the resulting works closely resemble highly finished pastels.
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