Curious c. 1800 French Watercolor, Le Diable Couleur de Rose Opera, Valogne whalebone This is the second of

This is the second of three drawings I'm listing by Edgar S

is signed JD at bottom right

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

which I might call brutalist

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

Curious c. 1800 French Watercolor, Le Diable Couleur de Rose Opera, Valogne whalebone This is the second ofSuch 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