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Bonnet depicts a familial scene in which a woman opens a new bonnet. Edmonds included a number of specific details in his work to comment on contemporaneous American consumerism; for example, the family (a woman, her mother and father) are shown to be part of the middle class, and are presented as being shocked by the price of the bonnet but oblivious to the poverty of the lower class girl (first from left) who delivered the garment. In addition, the mother (first from right) is implied to be vain as she possess a mirror, while the father (second from right) is implied to be a drunk by the presence of wine bottle and filled glass on the mantel behind him.Edmonds may have modeled his painting on the works of the 17th century Dutch masters.
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