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![[Handel Centenary Commemoration held in Westminster Abbey.] Handel. May 29 Messiah.](jpegs/21144.jpg)
[Handel Centenary Commemoration held in Westminster Abbey.] Handel. May 29 Messiah.
R: Smirk pinx.t F. Haward sculp.t R.A.
Publish'd 19 May 1784.
Stipple. 249 x 190mm (9¾ x 7½").
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) German-born composer 'Naturalised' as a British subject in 1726 whose works include the English oratorio Messiah and the orchestral Water Music. He is buried in Westminster Abbey. The Messiah is possibly one the most poplar works in the Western choral literature. It was composed in 1741, and premiered in Dublin in 1742. It didn't reach its final state, and the most familiar version, until the performance to benefit the Foundling Hospital in 1754.
[Ref: 21144] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
R: Smirk pinx.t F. Haward sculp.t R.A.
Publish'd 19 May 1784.
Stipple. 249 x 190mm (9¾ x 7½").
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) German-born composer 'Naturalised' as a British subject in 1726 whose works include the English oratorio Messiah and the orchestral Water Music. He is buried in Westminster Abbey. The Messiah is possibly one the most poplar works in the Western choral literature. It was composed in 1741, and premiered in Dublin in 1742. It didn't reach its final state, and the most familiar version, until the performance to benefit the Foundling Hospital in 1754.
[Ref: 21144] £180.00 (£216.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Infant Academy.]](jpegs/54211.jpg)
[The Infant Academy.]
[Sir, Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. Francis Haward Sculp.t.]
[London, Publish'd April 19th; 1783, by F. Haward, Lambeth Marsh, near the Turnpike; & T. Birchall No. 473 Strand.]
Stipple, printed in sanguine, proof? Sheet 255 x 310mm (10 x 12¼").. Printed within printed border, losing inscriptions
A naked young boy painting on an oval canvas, his subject a young girl with a fashionable hat, who is flanked by two other children. According to the BM the original painting at Kenwood has been ruined by bitumen.
[Ref: 54211] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
[Sir, Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. Francis Haward Sculp.t.]
[London, Publish'd April 19th; 1783, by F. Haward, Lambeth Marsh, near the Turnpike; & T. Birchall No. 473 Strand.]
Stipple, printed in sanguine, proof? Sheet 255 x 310mm (10 x 12¼").. Printed within printed border, losing inscriptions
A naked young boy painting on an oval canvas, his subject a young girl with a fashionable hat, who is flanked by two other children. According to the BM the original painting at Kenwood has been ruined by bitumen.
[Ref: 54211] £240.00 (£288.00 incl.VAT)
![[The Infant Academy.]](jpegs/53693.jpg)
[The Infant Academy.]
Sir, Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. Francis Haward Sculp.t.
[London, Publish'd April 19th; 1783, by F. Haward, Lambeth Marsh, near the Turnpike; & T. Birchall No. 473 Strand.]
Stipple, printed in sanguine, proof? Sheet 270 x 320mm (10¾ x 12¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A naked young boy painting on an oval canvas, his subject a young girl with a fashionable hat, who is flanked by two other children. According to the BM the original painting at Kenwood has been ruined by bitumen. Although trimmed there are no signs of the flourishes of the title, which should touch the bottom printed border.
[Ref: 53693] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)
Sir, Joshua Reynolds pinx.t. Francis Haward Sculp.t.
[London, Publish'd April 19th; 1783, by F. Haward, Lambeth Marsh, near the Turnpike; & T. Birchall No. 473 Strand.]
Stipple, printed in sanguine, proof? Sheet 270 x 320mm (10¾ x 12¼"). Trimmed within plate.
A naked young boy painting on an oval canvas, his subject a young girl with a fashionable hat, who is flanked by two other children. According to the BM the original painting at Kenwood has been ruined by bitumen. Although trimmed there are no signs of the flourishes of the title, which should touch the bottom printed border.
[Ref: 53693] £130.00 (£156.00 incl.VAT)