Lot 244
Giardini, Felice
Auction: 10 June 2009 at 12:00 BST
£450
Description
Autograph note written in the third person, to ``Mr Shield'', almost certainly the composer William Shield, inviting him to come and ``try a few Quartettos...to say nothing of the party", ``[T]hursday 2 o' Clock'', no date [?1773 or later], 1 page, approx. 5 x 10.7cm, cut from a larger leaf and laid down, framed and glazed with an engraved portrait of Giardini, after the sketch by Joshua Reynolds [overall size: 53 x 36cm], some loss to edges and light browning
Footnote
Note: In 1773, Giardini helped Shield gain a place as a violinist (later as a viola player) in the orchestra of the King's Theatre, London.