Theoph. W. Mozart compositeur, et maitre de musique, agé de 7 ans, 1781

Handwritten on front: "*Wolfgang Amadeus. See Daines Barrington's papers. This rare print was formerly in the possession of M. Windsor, Musical Professor of Bath, by whom it was presented to me, July 7, ????. V.N." Handwritten on back of frame: "This engraving was once owned by Vincent Novello from whom it passed to the Gigliucci family, his descendents in Florence. On July 1, 1968, the occasion of the Commemoration of V. Novello in Westminster Abbey by a Schnetzler organ, gift of the British Italian Society, it was given to Neville Rogers by Bona & Donatello Gigliucci." Handwritten on back of frame: "'Whether the glorious power you now show forth was folded up within you at your birth or whether mortal taught or God inspried the power of unpremeditated song ...' Shelley's translation of the lines from Homer's Hymn to Mercury inscribed below this portrait of Mozart."This engraving was once in possession of Vincent Novello (1781-1861), an organist, choirmaster, conductor, editor, publisher, and composer. He introduced Mozart to the English public. The engraving was presented to Novello by J.W. Windsor of Bath. Novello passed it on to the Gigliuci family, descendents of his though the marriage of his daughter Clara, a celebrated singer, to Count Gigliucci. It has also been in the possession of Neville Rogers, who has written quite a bit on Percy Bysshe Shelley, who is known to have translated many of Homer's Hymns.