APPENDIX.
NOTES ON THE ILLUSTRATIONS IN THIS VOLUME.
Portrait of Nicolò Paganini, by Maurin, a French Artist. Free from caricature, it is probably the most authentic picture of the great virtuoso. It appeared in the seventh volume of the "Revue Musicale."
The Birthplace of the Celebrated Paganini in the Passo di Gatto Moro, Genoa, Italy. The house is in a squalid neighbourhood—a dirty, narrow alley now occupied by the poorest of the city. Probably no worse than at the time of Paganini's birth. There is a tablet which reads as follows:—
Alta ventura sortita ad umile luogo
in questa casa
il giorno XXVII di Ottobre dell' anno
MDCCLXXXII
Nacque
a decoro di Genova a delizia del mondo
Nicolò Paganini
nella divina arte dei suoni insuperato maestro.
The date 1782 given here confirms the latest research that Paganini was born in that year and not in 1784 so usually quoted.