The Woman Taking Coffee

The Woman Taking Coffee — Louis-Marin Bonnet. 1774.

Medium: Color pastel–manner etching and engraving with applied gold leaf. Dimensions: 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.).

Collection record: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

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.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.