Grisi, Giulia - Pasta, Giuditta - Rubini, Giovanni & Others - Concert Program London 1837 Autographs Actors - Letter S and Fauré before devoting himself

and Fauré before devoting himself successfully to novelistic and theatrical writing

This is one of the very rare cases in which we can trace back in time not only the precise occasion of signing but perhaps the full line of ownership

Printed signature on front of photographer Daguerre

Inscribed on verso to Joseph Nickles

Grisi, Giulia - Pasta, Giuditta - Rubini, Giovanni & Others - Concert Program London 1837 Autographs Actors - Letter S and Fauré before devoting himselfOriginal vintage (unsigned) program for a Benefit Concert in memoriam of composer and flutist Charles Nicholson in London on July 1st, 1837, featuring Giovanni Rubini, Giulia Grisi, Giuditta Pasta, Luigi Lablache, Sigismond Thalberg, and some others. Size is 5. 75 x 8. 9 inches, ink marks on verso, otherwise in excellent condition.