Ambroise Thomas, French opera composer Size:L: 75 x 60cm there is more enthusiasm than

there is more enthusiasm than daintiness in the eaters and a dog and cat are standing over a bone on the floor

The reference is to an ongoing dispute between the British and Neapolitan governments

it caused trouble for his own party even before its defeat brought the Government down

A colour print from Famous Paintings with an introduction by Gilbert Chesterton

his sympathy with Tractarian principles led to him being accused of a similar sympathy with Catholicism

Ambroise Thomas, French opera composer Size:L: 75 x 60cm there is more enthusiasm thanAmbroise Thomas, French opera composer, 1889. Thomas's (1811 1896) best known operas are Mignon (1866) and Hamlet (1868). He was Director of the Conservatoire de Paris from 1871 until 1896. A photograph from Album de Photographies dans L'Intimite de Personnages Illustres, 1860 1920, 6th album, Editions MD, Paris.