Scenery to be used in a toy theatre. Coloured lithograph.

Originally 'The daughter of the regiment' was a comic opera in two acts, by Donizetti with words by Bayard and Jules H. Vernoy (Marquis St. Georges). It was first produced at, Opéra Comique, Paris, as 'La fille du régiment," on 11th February 1840. The first performance in London, in English, was at the Surrey Theatre on 21st December 1847; the same season in Italian, with Jenny Lind as Marie, which was reported to be her favourite role--http://www.toytheatre.net/