The Woman Taking Coffee

Creator Name

Louis-Marin Bonnet, French, 1736 - 1793

Cultural Context

Date

1770s

Source

"Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum";

Smithsonian Institution

About the Work

"Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum" Object Description

Portrait of a young woman, facing left, pouring coffee from a gilded cup into a saucer. The image is surrounded by a printed gilded frame.

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Title

The Woman Taking Coffee

Creator

Louis-Marin Bonnet, French, 1736 - 1793, Artist

Worktype

ornament; Print; Ornaments; Prints

Cultural Context

Material

Engraving, etching in blue, black and red ink over gold leaf, with additional plate inked in mauve and green, à la poupeé, on off-white laid paper

Dimensions

32.2 × 25.1 cm (12 11/16 × 9 7/8 in.);
(Mat): 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.)

Technique

Language

Date

1770s;
Date: 1774

Provenance

Credit Line: Museum purchase through gift of George A. Hearn

Style Period

Rights

CC0

Inscription

Location

France

Source

"Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum";

Smithsonian Institution

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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