Caricature in <i>Le Rire</i>, n°66. The composer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambroise_Thomas" class="extiw" title="en:Ambroise Thomas">Ambroise Thomas</a> (seated in the armchair behind the conductor) is depicted at a rehearsal for concert of his work which included the Prologue to his 1882 opera <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7oise_de_Rimini" class="extiw" title="en:Françoise de Rimini">Françoise de Rimini</a></i>. Lautrec made the sketch in January 1896. It was one of the last depictions of Thomas who died the following month. See: Masson, Georges (2011). <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cerclelyriquedemetz.com/medias/files/livret-bicentenaire-def-a-thomasw.pdf">Bicentenaire Ambroise Thomas: «Françoise de Rimini», son ultime opéra</a></i>, p. 72. Cercle Lyrique de Metz
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