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| Id |
37192 |
| Category |
artwork |
| Author / Composer |
BARTOLOZZI, Francesco (1727-1815), engraver |
| Title |
Handel composing sacred Music; the Genius of Harmony crowning him, & a Seraph wafting his name to heaven. [Engraving]. |
| Place |
[London] |
| Publisher |
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| Publication Date |
[1785] |
| ISBN / Plate No. |
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| Series |
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| Size |
4to. 217 x 165mm. |
| Description |
Hinged into a larger lightweight sheet. Line engraving by F. Bartolozzi after the drawing by Giovanni Battista Cipriani (1727-1785), used as plate V (this printing with the title) in Charles Burney's An Account of the Musical Performances in Westminster-Abbey and the Pantheon, May 26th, 27th, 29th; and June the 3d, and 5th, 1784, in Commemoration of Handel (1785). Handel is depicted full-length, seated, facing forwards, in the act of composing, srurrounded by msuci sheets, instruments, a seraph and cherub, set within an ornate laruel framework. |
| Reference |
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| Price |
£60.00 |
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