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| Id |
37184 |
| Category |
artwork |
| Author / Composer |
THOMSON, James (1788-1850), engraver |
| Title |
Handel, From a Picture in the Collection of His Majesty at Windsor. [Steel engraving]. Under the Superintendance of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. |
| Place |
London |
| Publisher |
Published by Charles Knight |
| Publication Date |
[1833] |
| ISBN / Plate No. |
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| Series |
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| Size |
8vo. 275 x 187mm. |
| Description |
Single sheet, with stab holes for stitching. Some foxing. Steel engraving by J. Thomson after an unidentified artist. Handel is depicted half-length facing to the right but with head towards the viewer, in braided coat with wig. The Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, founded in 1826, was a Whiggish London organisation that published inexpensive texts intended to adapt scientific and similarly high-minded material for the rapidly expanding reading public. |
| Reference |
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| Price |
£15.00 |
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