JANINET Jean-François (1752 - 1814) - "Madame Dugazon in the opera Nina ou La folle par amour". 1787. Aquatint after Claude Jean-Baptiste Hoin (1750- 1817), printed in colors. Ref: Portalis & Beraldi, no. 35. Avant toute lettre proof, on laid paper. Copper margins. The lead actress, Louise-Rosalie Lefebvre, is shown here at the crucial moment when Nina, driven mad by the belief that her fiancé has been murdered, goes to the grove where they first proclaimed their love and lays a bouquet on a bench. 40.5 x 29.7 cm. Condition B/C (numerous foxing marks on margins and verso, mounted from upper corners on card stock).