Soprano

Countess Clara Gigliucci nee Clara Novello 1818-1908 English soprano Autograph Note Signed 'Clara Gigliucci nata Novello' 'To - Wright Esqre.' With Times obituary and another.

ref. 5641 — 'Fermo. Marche August 24th. 1863.'. One page octavo. Very good on lightly aged paper with embossed blue ink monogram at head. 'Dear Sir My Sister Isabella just arrived tells me you desire my autograph I have great pleasure in complying with your flattering request. .' The blank second leaf of the bifolium is carefully attached to a larger piece of neatly-docketed paper and has the two newspaper cuttings partially laid down on it. The short Times obituary dated 17 March 1908 states that 'She must surely have been the last person alive to whom Charles Lamb addressed a poem'. The other obituary equally short is unattributed. 'Fermo. Marche | August 24th. 1863.' unknown