Curious c. 1800 French Watercolor, Le Diable Couleur de Rose Opera, Valogne whalebone Painting" 11 1/4" x 8

Painting" 11 1/4" x 8 1/2"

plus a key hole on the front--though there is no longer a key

Considered together with the deer watercolor surely by the same artist

or a couple of white blooms

Curious c. 1800 French Watercolor, Le Diable Couleur de Rose Opera, Valogne whalebone Painting" 11 1/4" x 8Such a strange and curious watercolor drawing, which I know dates to right around 1800. I believe it was done after a published engraving dated 1798, advertising the performance of Le Diable Couleur de Rose, a comedic opera, in Valogne, France, and was printed with the caption "Oh! Les belles pommes." (Oh! The beautiful apples.") Here, instead, the caption is simply Vologne (in those beautiful block letters) and the title of the opera is handwritten