Rossini, Gioacchino. (1792-1868) [Ivanoff, Nicholas. (1810-1880)] Signed CDV Photograph to Nicholas IvanoffCarte de visite photograph of the composer, a full length seated portrait, inscribed and signed beneath the image "Al mio buon Nicolino Ivanoff G. Rossini Parigi 1861." 4 x 2 1 2 inches, set in a modern dark mount and small speckled silver wooden fame. The composer's favorite tenor and a close friend, the celebrated lyric tenor Nicholas Ivanoff premiered Rossini's famous William Tell, among many other roles. In the photograph Rossini looks self