Louis-Marin Bonnet. Bather. 1768. France. Crayon-manner engraving in black and white on blue laid paper In this print, Louis-Marin Bonnet used chalk-manner engraving to reproduce the soft contours of a nude by François Boucher. An 18th-century invention, chalk- or crayon-manner engravings were made with roulette wheels that rolled dotted patterns onto copper plates and mimicked the line of chalk or pastel. Here Bonnet printed two separate chalk-manner plates in black and white inks on blue paper to give the impression of a carefully worked drawing.

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Photo credit: © WBC ART / Alamy / Afripics
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