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No. 19

Paris at Dawn

Paris has a secret hour. Before the crowds and the cameras, there's just stone and light and silence, and a city so beautiful it almost hurts to have it all to yourself.

Paris at Dawn lives in the hour before the city wakes: pink light creeping across limestone, empty garden chairs in the mist, the Seine holding a sky that hasn't decided yet. Eighty-one watercolor-inspired illustrations keep to that hour, from Sacré-Cœur in the fog to a flower seller arranging stems in the rain.

Nothing here glitters. The stone is grey and the light is soft and the streets belong to the people who sweep them. A single leaf on wet cobblestones. The blazing glass of Sainte-Chapelle with nobody in front of it. It is the Paris you would see if you set an alarm nobody sets.

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Worn Books with Spectacles and Espresso, a painterly illustration from Paris at Dawn by The Monnaco Collection: the print on Hahnemühle German Etching paper
Worn Books with Spectacles and Espresso Sale priceFrom $35.00
The Writer's Desk, a Set of Two
The Writer's Desk, a Set of Two Sale priceFrom $65.00
Paris Before the Crowds, a Set of Four
Paris Before the Crowds, a Set of Four Sale priceFrom $120.00
French Press in Glass and Brass, a painterly illustration from Paris at Dawn by The Monnaco Collection: the print on Hahnemühle German Etching paper
French Press in Glass and Brass Sale priceFrom $35.00
Petit Palais Grand Entrance, a painterly illustration from Paris at Dawn by The Monnaco Collection: the print on Hahnemühle German Etching paper
Petit Palais Grand Entrance Sale priceFrom $35.00
Quiet Morning on a Marais Side Street, a painterly illustration from Paris at Dawn by The Monnaco Collection: the print on Hahnemühle German Etching paper
Quiet Morning on a Marais Side Street Sale priceFrom $35.00
Street Artist at His Easel, a painterly illustration from Paris at Dawn by The Monnaco Collection: the print on Hahnemühle German Etching paper
Street Artist at His Easel Sale priceFrom $35.00
Street Accordionist on a Wooden Stool, a painterly illustration from Paris at Dawn by The Monnaco Collection: the print on Hahnemühle German Etching paper
Street Accordionist on a Wooden Stool Sale priceFrom $35.00
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In The Annual, Volume One, pages 42 to 53.

Many of the illustrations in this collection are available as prints. If the one you love isn't there yet, write to me.

Watercolor-inspired illustrations, made digitally. Learn more at How the Work Is Made.