{"product_id":"18529-meyerbeer-giacomo-de-beaumont-charles-edouard-les-huguenots-hand-colored-print","title":"[Meyerbeer, Giacomo.  (1791–1864)]  de Beaumont, Charles-Edouard. (1821–1888) \"Les Huguenots\"  - Hand-Colored Print","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eHand-colored lithograph, ca. 1845, by the French illustrator, signed within the matrix by the artist, from the series \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eL'opéra au XIXème Siècle\u003c\/i\u003e.  Two opera patrons are shown in conversation with a costumed singer, spear resting on his shoulder casually as they stand with various set components arrayed around them. The exchange between them is printed below: \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e-Viens-tu te coucher, Baptiste?\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e-Je peux pas, j'ai encore à massacrer les Huguenots.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e-Et si tu ne les tuais pas?\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e-Comme t'y vas, toi, je serais à l'amende de trente sous, j'aime bien mieux les tuer...\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e(\"Are you going to bed, Baptiste?\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\"I can't, I still have to slaughter the Huguenots.\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\"And if you don't kill them?\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\"If that happens, I'd be fined thirty sous, so I would prefer to kill them...\")\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eLight toning, else very fine.  9.75 x 12.875 inches (24.8 x 32.7 cm.). Tipped to a slightly larger support. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003ci style=\"\"\u003eLes Huguenots\u003c\/i\u003e, a grand opera with music by Giacomo Meyerbeer and libretto by\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEugène Scribe\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003eÉmile Deschamps, debuted in Paris in 1836 to much success. The story, which culminates in the 1572 St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of the Huguenots (Protestants) by the Catholics, concerns the romance of Raoul, a Protestant, and Valentine, a Catholic.  The present print belongs to a series of around sixty caricatures entitled 'L'Opéra au XIXe siècle', initially published by the printer Aubert between 1844-1846, subsequently reprinted in 'Le Charivari.'\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093685457055,"sku":"18529","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Meyerbeer_Lithograph_Print_18529.jpg?v=1722189685","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/18529-meyerbeer-giacomo-de-beaumont-charles-edouard-les-huguenots-hand-colored-print","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}