Lacoste (Eugéne) Henry VIII, opera costume design, ink and watercolour, signed lower left, inscribed “au vieil ami Solomon souvenir affections” [to our old friend Solomon, fond memories], sheet 30 x 21 cm, frame 45 x 37cm, London, 1882. *** Henry VIII is an opera in four acts by Camille Saint-Saëns, which premiered on 5 March 1883 by the Paris Opera at the Palais Garnier. Eugène Lacoste designed the costumes.