Louis Rolland Trinquesse

A young woman in a voluminous dress negotiates an uneasy balance between her humble seat and her fashionable garment. Like many of his contemporaries, Trinquesse created counterproofs of his own drawings, perhaps with an eye to additional profit. Having executed a first drawing in red chalk, he covered it with a blank sheet and passed it through the press, making a reversed impression of the design. By strengthening this light impression with more red chalk, Trinquesse quickly created a copy. Telltale signs of this process are found in the faint background hatching and the ghostly outline of the young woman’s left foot.