The Milk Woman
Print
1774 (Designed and printed)
1774 (Designed and printed)
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This print mimics a chalk drawing. The innovative use of gold leaf in the printing created a luxury object aimed at a fashion-conscious market. In France the use of gold leaf was restricted to certain types of trades such as furniture gilding, frame gilding and bookbinding. To get round this, the lettering on this print, use of the name and address of a London print publisher (F. Vivares), tries to pass it off as an import to France from England.
There are small circular marks in the top left and bottom right corners of the printed areas. These were used to allow the four different colour plates to be registered when each was printed.
This print formed a pendant with another print by Louis-Marin Bonnet called The Woman Taking Coffee (1774).
There are small circular marks in the top left and bottom right corners of the printed areas. These were used to allow the four different colour plates to be registered when each was printed.
This print formed a pendant with another print by Louis-Marin Bonnet called The Woman Taking Coffee (1774).
Object details
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| Title | The Milk Woman (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Etching in colours and gilt the crayon manner on paper |
| Brief description | The Milk Woman, colour etching in the crayon manner, France, 1774. |
| Physical description | Image of a girl set in a printed oval simulating a gold and blue frame with entwined ribbon and beading pattern in gold and blue respectively, within a greenish-brown surround with triangular panels in each corner, each with a stylized symmetrical leaf inside. The picture is of a young girl in red checked dress with white muslin sleeves, and white frilly cap, shown from her waist up and her left nipple is shown. She has one hand on a copper coloured milk churn on the table next to her. There are small circular registration marks in the top left and bottom right corners of the printed areas. |
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| Gallery label | Jones Galleries
The Milk Woman
French; 1774
Louis-Marin Bonnet (1736-1793)
Crayon manner etching in black, blue, red and gold
This print mimics a chalk drawing. The innovative use of gold leaf in the printing, created a luxury object aimed at a fashion-conscious market. In France the use of gold leaf was restricted to certain types of trades such as furniture gilding and bookbinding. To get round this, the lettering on this print tries to pass it off as an import to France, from England.(1970s to 22/07/09) |
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| Summary | This print mimics a chalk drawing. The innovative use of gold leaf in the printing created a luxury object aimed at a fashion-conscious market. In France the use of gold leaf was restricted to certain types of trades such as furniture gilding, frame gilding and bookbinding. To get round this, the lettering on this print, use of the name and address of a London print publisher (F. Vivares), tries to pass it off as an import to France from England. There are small circular marks in the top left and bottom right corners of the printed areas. These were used to allow the four different colour plates to be registered when each was printed. This print formed a pendant with another print by Louis-Marin Bonnet called The Woman Taking Coffee (1774). |
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| Accession number | E.1548-1991 |
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| Record created | March 2, 2009 |
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