Curious c. 1800 French Watercolor, Le Diable Couleur de Rose Opera, Valogne whalebone There is loss to one

There is loss to one edge of the glass but it doesn't show from the front

is signed JD at bottom right

with Fornasetti mark on reverse

featuring words with pronunciation cues on one side and wonderfully thorough definitions on the other

It shows a few small surface chips along the right edge of the "front" and some more on the "back" but who cares

Curious c. 1800 French Watercolor, Le Diable Couleur de Rose Opera, Valogne whalebone There is loss to oneSuch 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