Curious c. 1800 French Watercolor, Le Diable Couleur de Rose Opera, Valogne tiger in wild it was "oohed" and "aahed"

it was "oohed" and "aahed" over the entire time I held it in my arms on the way to check out

definitely used and a bit faded

and I think really beautiful enough to frame

making it easy to rotate to remove whatever coins one might drop inside

Curious c. 1800 French Watercolor, Le Diable Couleur de Rose Opera, Valogne tiger in wild it was "oohed" and "aahed"Such 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