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A LIST OF PORTRAITS, SCULPTURES, ETC., OF GEORG FRIEDRICH HANDEL THE compilation of a list of portraits presents many problems; among others, that of selection is perhaps the most difficult. Should such a list include art-works executed after the death of the subject? If not, a list of prints, derived ultimately from paintings but not neces- sarily contemporaneous with them, ought not to be included. Similarly, monuments should have to be omitted. It is obvious that such omissions should at once make a complete survey impossible. Another difficulty is the problem of originals and copies. The numerous paintings, for instance, classified in the following list under the artist, Thomas Hudson, could not have possibly been done by him. In many instances, it is almost impossible to detect the original from the copy. Further, some copies are excellent, e.g., the Benson copy of the painting by Thornhill. Again, other copies present problems of attribution; the Dandridge-Hogarth painting is a case in point. For these reasons, it has been thought expedient to prepare a list that should be as complete as possible. The interested Handelian and art-connoisseur may eliminate that which is irrelevant. All of the available information, concerning the works that follow, has been given. With reference to those objects which were sold in auction rooms, only the name of the purchaser is mentioned, except where otherwise noted. The following volumes contain much valuable information about Handel-portraits :— 1. Vogel, Emil. ' Hnndel-Portrnits.' Jahrbuch der Musik- bibliothek Peter$, 1896 (iii, 19-32). Leipzig, Verlng von C. F. Peters, 1897. 2. The Handel-issue of The Musical Times (December 14, 1893). London, Novello & Co., 1893. 8. O'Donoghue, Freeman. Catalogue of Engraved British Portraits (ii, 433-435). London, The British Museum, 1910. 4. Catalogue of the Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. . . Political and Personal Satires. London, The British Museum, 1870-1883. 5. Flower, Newman. Catalogue of a Handel collection formed by Newman Flower. Sevenoaks, printed for private circulation, 1921. 0. Esdnile, Kntherine Ada. The Life and Work of Louis Francois Roubiliac. London, Oxford University Press, 1928. 7. Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain and Ireland. (Compiled by Edward Hawkins; edited by Augustus Downloaded from https://academic.oup.com/ml/article-abstract/XIII/2/156/1056659 by Wellcome Trust user on 30 July 2018

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Page 1: A LIST OF PORTRAITS, SCULPTURES, ETC., OF GEORG … · A LIST OF PORTRAITS, SCULPTURES, ETC., OF GEORG FRIEDRICH HANDEL THE compilation of a list of portraits presents many problems;

A LIST OF PORTRAITS, SCULPTURES, ETC.,

OF GEORG FRIEDRICH HANDEL

THE compilation of a list of portraits presents many problems; amongothers, that of selection is perhaps the most difficult. Should such alist include art-works executed after the death of the subject? Ifnot, a list of prints, derived ultimately from paintings but not neces-sarily contemporaneous with them, ought not to be included.Similarly, monuments should have to be omitted. It is obvious thatsuch omissions should at once make a complete survey impossible.

Another difficulty is the problem of originals and copies. Thenumerous paintings, for instance, classified in the following list underthe artist, Thomas Hudson, could not have possibly been done by him.In many instances, it is almost impossible to detect the original fromthe copy. Further, some copies are excellent, e.g., the Benson copyof the painting by Thornhill. Again, other copies present problems ofattribution; the Dandridge-Hogarth painting is a case in point.

For these reasons, it has been thought expedient to prepare a listthat should be as complete as possible. The interested Handelianand art-connoisseur may eliminate that which is irrelevant.

All of the available information, concerning the works that follow,has been given. With reference to those objects which were sold inauction rooms, only the name of the purchaser is mentioned, exceptwhere otherwise noted.

The following volumes contain much valuable information aboutHandel-portraits :—

1. Vogel, Emil. ' Hnndel-Portrnits.' Jahrbuch der Musik-bibliothek Peter$, 1896 (iii, 19-32). Leipzig, Verlng von C. F.Peters, 1897.

2. The Handel-issue of The Musical Times (December 14, 1893).London, Novello & Co., 1893.

8. O'Donoghue, Freeman. Catalogue of Engraved BritishPortraits (ii, 433-435). London, The British Museum, 1910.

4. Catalogue of the Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. . .Political and Personal Satires. London, The British Museum,1870-1883.

5. Flower, Newman. Catalogue of a Handel collection formed byNewman Flower. Sevenoaks, printed for private circulation,1921.

0. Esdnile, Kntherine Ada. The Life and Work of Louis FrancoisRoubiliac. London, Oxford University Press, 1928.

7. Medallic Illustrations of the History of Great Britain andIreland. (Compiled by Edward Hawkins; edited by Augustus

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W. Franks and Herbert A. Greuber.) (Vol. ii.) London, TheBritish Museum, 1885.

8. Dalton, R., nnd Hnmer, S. H. The Provincial Token-Coinageof the Eighteenth Century, (i, 214; ii, 288-291.) London,printed privately, 1910-1918.

9. M[nckny] A[ndrew]. The Collection of Miniaturea in MontaguHouse. [London, printed privately.] 1896. (Another edition,1899.)

ArtistAnon.

I—PAINTINGSMedium Date

OU ?

OU ?OilO ?

OU^ ?OUW ?

ouw ?OU^5' ?

OU'6' ?

Present Owner or LocationStadtische Museum, Halle a.d.S.(Germany)

Trinity College of Music, London

Mr. Newman Flower, Sevenoaks,KentBodleian Library, Oxford

Dr. Ernest Foss, Berlin-Steglitz(Germany)Messrs. Ellis, London, 1915

Mrs. George Madison Millarp,Pasadena, Cal. (U.S.A.)Mr. Mailman

Clement, Anna

Dahl, Michael

Dandridge, Bartholomew

1822

OUdO)Mr. John Lane, London, 1917

FitzwUliam Museum, Cambridge

(D Por t ra i t (40 in. x 31 in.) of a young musician said to be Hande l ; a youthin grey dross, with red hose, seated in a garden, playing a harp, a pet dogat nig feet.

(2) Oval; head and shoulders.(3) Reproduced in Newman Flower's Handel (facing p . 330); Dr. Foss, the

owner is a direct descendant of Handel 's sister, Dorothea Michaelsen.(«) Handel in a brown dress with a boqk of music; sold in the Cummings

Sale at Christie's, December 17, 1915.(5) School of Kneller; 30 in. x 25 in . ; head and shoulders.(6) Sold a t Christie's, April 8, 1911; early English School; 191 in. x 14J in . ;

Handel in a green coat.(7) The National Por t ra i t Gallery, London, has a reproduction presented

(before 1914) by Mr. W. H . Howes, Waterloo Road, Ipswich, Suffolk(England).

(8) Probably after a Hudson pa in t ing ; v. reproduction qf a pr in t of thispor t ra i t in Spi t ta ' s article ' George Frederick Handel ' (Famous Composersand their Works, Boston, 1892).

(9) 291 in. x 24 in . ; Handel in a blue coat and vest with white frills: soldin the Cummings sale a t Christie's, December 17, 1916, to. Mr. Ellis, who intu rn sold i t to Mr. Lane of ' Bodley Head. '

do) Three-quarter length. Handel in a skull-cap, holding a roll of music;this portrai t is sometimes a t t r ibuted to Hogar th ; it was sold, as a Hogarth,in a Christie sale in July, 1909, to a Mr. Felix Thomley Cobbold, who inturn willed i t to the Fitiwilliam Museum (December 30,' 1909). I t should bepointed out here t h a t Charles Turner did a meraotint of this por t ra i t , andtha t he stated tha t this p r in t was done ' after a painting by Hogar th . 'Fur ther a similar painting which is designated as a Hogarth now hangs inthe Bibliothek Peters in Leipzig; the la t ter may or may not be a copy. The

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Artist

Denner, Balthasar

Grisoni, Giuseppi

Heins (?)

Hogarth, William

Hudson, Thomas™

Medium

Oil'"'

Oil

Oil'12)

OU

Oil"4'

- Oil"^'

Oil"^'

Date

c.1727/8

1736

c.1745

1738

c.1724p

1748/9type

OU

Oil

Oil*20 '

Present Owner or Location

NationalPortraitGallery.London

Lord Sackville, Knole House,Sevenoaks, Kent

Fitzwilliam Museum

Mr. R. Leitner, Vienna (Austria),1927

Mr. Newman Flower

Bibliothek Peters, Leipzig

(Germany)

Mrs. Gough Nichols, 1889

Royal Society of Musicians,

London

Royal Society of Musicians,

London

Bodleian Library (now in Exam-inations Schools)Stadtbibliothek, Hamburg(Germany)

Mrs. Robert F. Jeffreys, Phila-delphia, Pa. (U.S.A.)

Oxford University, ExaminationsSchools, Oxford

existing evidence, then, 6eems to point to Hogarth, as the artist responsiblefor this painting.

(11) 30 in. x 25 i n . ; bust t o the lef t ; Hande l , wear ing a l ight wig, d rab-coloured coat nnd a white c r a v a t ; reproduced in Flower, op. cit., facing p . 232.

(12) Head and shoulders ; reproduced on cover of Gustav Thormalius'g Georgh'ritdnch Handel. A fino cony, formerly in the possession of VictorSclioclcher, may be seen in the Aiusee de l'ope'ra, P a r i s .

(13) A group p o r t r a i t (197 cm. x 148 cm.), signed H a i n s : ' G. F . Hande land his friends ' ; the National P o r t r a i t Gallery nas a reproduct ion.

(1*) Reproduced in Thorinalius, op. cit. This is possibly n copy qf t heDnndridgc portrait and hns been erroneously attributed to Hogarth.

(lb) A group portrait (22 in. x 181 in.); ' Handel, Farinolli, and Mrs. FoxLime' ; exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery, London (Catalogue: No. 116).

(16) It soems improbable that Hudson should have painted the many por-traits that appear under his name in this list; undoubtedly, many are con-temporary or later copies. The Hudson portraits will bo separated into twocategories: the 1748/9 type and the 1756 type; this is found necessary becausevery few of the paintings aro dated.

(n) Reproduced (woodcut) in The Musical Times, Dec. 14 1893.(18) Canvas (50 in. x 40 i n . ) ; t h r ee -qua r t e r l e n g t h ; Hande l seated, head

t u r n e d th ree -quar te r s r ight, warm-prey velvet coat embroidered with gold,over a pnrtly-oponod dark n ink wais tcoa t ; t he left a rm rosts on books andpapers on a carved table , the hand holding some sheets of muBic; t he r igh tliand on h i p ; reproduced in S p i e l m a n n ^ English 1'ortrait Painting. Ap a i n t i n g basod on th is por t r a i t is preserved in S t . Michael 's College, Tonbury.

(19) Former ly in t he possession of Dr . \Vm. Cummings ; oval ; Handel in acrimson coat embroidered with gold b r a id ; reproduced in The Musical Times,Dec. 14, 1893.

(20) C a n v a s ; 311 in. x 28 i n . ; ova l ; bus t to le f t ; head t u rned toward spec-t a t o r ; la rge , white wig over shoulders ; snuff-coloured coat with gqldembroidered edge ; given to t he music school by Goorge Colman, M.A., ofChr is t Church, c. 1754.

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Artist

Hudson, ThomasMedium

Oil'22 '

Date1748/9type

1756type

Oil'25 '

Oil*26'

Oil*27'Oil(28)

Oil*29'

Jiiger, CarlKnapton, GeorgeKneller, Sir Godfrey(attributed to)

Oil'32)Pastel*33'

1873

Oil'35 '

Present Owner or LocationMr. Newman Flower

State Apartments, KensingtonPalace, LondonNational Portrait GalleryLord Howe, GopsallKing's Private Gallery, Bucking-ham Palace, LondonMr. A. F. Hill, LondonMr. Glyka, 1931Mr. Parsons, 1914Mr. Storey, 1929Mr. Field, 1922Mr. Charles, 1922

Foundling Hospital, London

D. W. Wise, Esq., Rosemead,Ilfracombe, Devonshire, April,1908

(21) Three-quartor length por t ra i t (124 cm. x 97 cm.) on l inen ; Hande lholding his hand on a book of music with the inscr ip t ion : ' Alexander 'sFeas t . This por t ra i t was shown a t the Handel Exhibi t ion (1859) and a t theVienna Exhibi t ion (1892). I t was sold by K a r l Ernes t Honrici , Berlin, in1928 (ii. Aukt ionskatalog CXXX) . Formerly (1928) in the possession of Dr.H a r r y E . Smith , S t r ea tham, London (England) .

(22) Large head framed in a laurel wreath.(23) 48i in. x 39 i n . ; three-quar ter length.(24) The ' Gopsa l l ' p o r t r a i t ; 94 in. x 58 i n . ; full- length; Handel seated,

wearing a gold laced coat, a stick iu his r igh t h a n d ; reproduced in Flower,op. cit., facing p . 224.

(25) A duplicate of t he ' Gopsall ' por t ra i t .(26) Probably a copy of the ' Gopsall ' H u d s o n ; similar to t he Nat ional

P o r t r a i t Gallery H u d s o n ; reproduced in Flower, op. cit. (frontispiece).(27) Sold a t Christ ie 's , Fob. 6 1931; 35J in. x 2 7 | in. "

coat with embroidered vest, holding some music.(28) Sold a t Christ ie 's , March 6, 1914; 48 in. x 37 in.

coat and yellow vest, holding a book.(29) Sold a t Christ ie 's , J u n e 14, 1929: 49 in. x 39 in . ; Hande l in a red coat

with white frills, holding the music of The Messiah. '(W) Three-quarter l eng th ; 54 in. x 40 i n . ; sold a t Sotheby's , J u l y 19, 1922.(31) Three-quar ter l eng th ; oval. 58 i n . x 5 1 i n . ; sold a t Sotheby's , Ju ly 25/26,

1922; Handel seated in brownish-green coat.(32) Reproduced as an engraving by J . Bankel in R imbau l t ' s Gallery of

German Composers (London, Frederick Bruckmann, 1873).(33) Contemporary ; reproduced in The Connoisseur (London), vol. viii,

No. 229, p . 21 (September, 1920).(34) Reproduced in Flower, op. cit. (facing p . 278).(35) The Fitzwill iam Museum has twq photographs of this very questionable

painting.

Handel in a brown

Handel in a brown

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Artist

Kyte, FrancisMerrier, PhilippeReynolds, Sir Joshua

(attributed to)Richardson, Jonathan

(the elder)(attributed to)

Thornhill, Sir JamesTischbein \Johann Anton ?]Van der Banck, JanVan der Myn, HerrnannWolfgang, Georg Andreas

Medium

Oil'3*)

Oil'37)

Oil(38)

Oil

Oil'39)

. Oil<*°)Oil'*')Oil'42)Black Crayonand Sepia'43)

Date1742c.1748}

c.1723

c.1720???

1737

Present Owner or Location

National Portrait GalleryLord Malmesbury, Heron CourtMr. Myers, London, 1917

Mr. S. Wise, London

Fitzwilliam Museum?Lord HoweNational Portrait GalleryBibliothelc Peters

II—MINIATURES

Artist

Anon.

Boit, Charles^

Medium

Ring<«->

Date

1755 (?)

Present Owner or LocationWindsor Castle/") WindsorMr. Newman Flower, Sevenoaks,KentGeorge Donaldson Collection,Royal College of Music, LondonLord Beauchamp, MadresfieldCourt, Worcestershire

<36) Reproduced in Grove, 1927 edition (ii, facing p. 606).(37> Canvas. 60 iif. x 40 in . ; reproduced in Streatneld's Handel (frontis-

piece). In the collection of Herr Clemen of Bonn (Germany) is preserved acopy of this portrait done (e. 1826) by a Miss Benson of London, and repro-duced by Breitkopf and Hirtel .

(M) Sold at Sotheby's, May 21 1917; 7 in. x 9 in., on a panel, showingHandel crowned by the muse. Formerly in the possession of Dr. WilliamCummings, London.

(») The ' Chandos ' portrait; reproduced by Breitkopf and Hartel.(40) Mentioned in Gerber's Lexicon dtr Tonkiinttler- (Leipzig, Breitkopf,

1790), i, 671: ii 63—where it is described as a breastpiece, life si ie , in oil,painted by Tischbein, in the possession (1790) of Herr Hoforganist Kellner,Cnssel (Germany). The reference to this portrait in Grove (ii, 515) isinaccurate; it is given thorn as Forkel ii, a meaningless term.

(41) Throe-quarter length.(42) Handel in a brown coat with embroidered yellow vest.<«) Reproduced in Frit i Volbach's G. Fr. H&ndel.(44) Frame No. 3, No. 18 in the collection.(45) By a contemporary artist, probably after the ' Gopsall ' Hudson

portrait.(46) Possibly after the Buckingham Palace Hudson portrait; v. The Musical

Times, 1905 (xlvi, 99).(47) Contemporary with Handel; v. reproduction of thi* miniature in

Wilhelm Ntsser's Michael Dahl, London, 1927 (plate LV).

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Artist

Bulkeley, Samuel

Hogarth, William^(attributed to)

Lens, BernardPUUxer, ChristophWolfgang, Georg AndreasZincke, Christian Friedrich

(attributed to)

GEORG FRIEDRICH HANDEL

Date

161

Medium

Plumbago*46'

Ivory*50'Vellum*5"

Enamel*53'

Enamel*55'Enamel*56'

Enamel*57'

Present Owner or Location

Victoria and Albert Museum,LondonEarl of Carlisle

c.1710 Mr. Francis Wellesley (1921)

? Windsor Castle*52'? Victoria and Albert Museum

? Mr. A. W. Clapham, London? Duke of Buccleuch, London

Artist

Angus, With.Anon.

in—PRINTS

Medium

Line Engraving*58'Etching*5"Mezzotint*60'Line Engraving

Date Source

1784 Kyte painting

? ' Gopsall' Hudson painting? J. H. O'Neal's drawing of

Roubiliac Westminster monu-ment

(«8) On vellum; oval, 3} in. x 2 ^ in . ; half-length, viewed to the right,eye* looking full; open coat, long white neck-cloth, and short full wig.

(49) Contemporary: v. reproduction of this miniature in J. J. Foster's,British Miniature Painters, London, 1898 (plate X X X , facing p. 64).

(50) Of doubtful authenticity; rectangular, • 7 in. x 51 in . ; ' H a n d e l 'reclining, holding an oboe; exhibited at Brussels in 1912 (Catalogue); theNational Portrait Gallery, London, has a photograph.

(61) Reproduced in Flower; op. eit. (facing p. 62); oral, 2J in. x 1} in.(S3) Frame No. 57, No. 8 in the collection.<») Reproduced in The Musical Times, December 14, 1893 (p. 6); oval,

1 | in. x H in.(M) Handel wearing a wig and a plum-coloured coat trimmed with gold

braid; this miniature wa* shown in the Guelph Exhibition in 1891 (Catalogue:No. 1164) • probably after the ' Gops&ll ' Hudson painting. [Sold in the•Baroness Burdett-Coutts sale at Christie's, May 9, 1922 (Lot 421).]

(56) Formerly in the possession of Arthur F. Hill, Esq., New Bond Street,London.

(66) In Mackay's catalogue (H .7 ) ; Handel in a brown coat; very rubicundface.

(67) In Maekay's catalogue ( H . l l ) ; Handel in a blue coat.(68) In The European Maaauine (London), March, 1784.(69) Handel directing an oratorio (British Hueum-. Dept. of Print*:

1866.7.12.210).(60) Specimen in the British Museum, Dept. of Prints (Burney Collection:

iv, 72).Vol. XUL P

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ArtistAnon.ArmstrongBankel, J.Bartoloxxi, Francescot t

>i

t t

Becker, CarlBelliard, Z.

BollingerBradley, ThomasBromley, W.Brown, W.

Burney, E. F.

Chambars, Thomas

Chapman, W.

Cook, H. R.•

Day and SonsDeblois, C.

Medium

Woodcut'6')Line Engraving*62*Line Engraving'63)Line Engraving*64'Line Engraving*65'

Stipple Engraving*66'

Line Engraving*67)Line EngravingLithograph

Line EngravingLine EngravingLine Engraving*68)Impression froma gem(69)

Line Engraving

Line Engraving*70)

Line Engraving

Stipple Engraving*7')

LithographLine Engraving*72)

Date

17841806187317841785

1789

?1890?

?18231789?

?

1760

1790

1829.

?[1822]

Source

?Kyle painting (?)Jdger paintingG. B. Cipriani drawingE. F. Burney drawing of th<1784 commemoration medalBlasius Rebeccadiawing of theRoubiliac Vauxhall statueG. B. Cipriani drawingHamburg Hudson paintingRoyal Society of Musician!Hudson painting%>A Hudson paintingBodleian Hudson painting?

Roubiliac Westminster monu-mentRoubiliac Foundling Hospitalbust (?)Buckingham Palace Hudsonpainting (breastpiece)Royal Society of MusiciansHudson paintingBodleian Hudson paintingClement painting

(61) For the admission ticket to the Handel Commemoration.(62) ' Handell ' in one of a group of oval portraits (Hogarth, Reynolds, and

Grey); in The History of England (vol. iv, frontispiece). London, printedfor T. Cadell, et. al., 1823.

(63) In Rimbanlt'e Gallery of German Composers (London, FrederickBruckmann, 1873).

(M) In Arnold's edition of The Works of Handel.(65) In Charles Burney's An Aecovnt of the Musical Performances in

Westminster Abbey.(66) In Arnold, op. cit.(67) Oval (31 in. x 2J in.) on a folia sheet with quotations from Pope's

lhinciad and Milton's L'AUegro. The National Portrait Gallery has anexample.

(68) In Arnold, op. cit.(69) Exhibited at the Royal Academy (London) in 1812 (Catalogue:

No. 620).(TO) In Mainwaring's Memoirs of the Life of Qeorge Frederick Handel

(frontispiece).(71) With facsimile of Hfindel's autograph.(72) v. reproduction in Spitta, op. ctt.

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GEORG FRIEDRICH HANDEL 163

Artist

Delattre, Jean Marit

Delius, H.Delpesch

Droehmer, HermannEsslinger, Martin

Faber, John (jun.)GalanisGaidarGrignon, C.Hanhart, M. and N.

Harding, E.

HardyHeath, JamesHeckel, C. Ferd.

Henne, E.

Hincliff, J. J.Hinton, J.

Hoffmann, Rud.

HoU, W.Houbraken, JakobKovatsch, Jos.Kiinicke

Medium

Line Engraving (73)

?Lithograph

Line EngravingLine Engraving

Mezzotint*74'Woodcut*75'Line Engraving*76*Line Engraving*775

Lithograph

Line Engraving*78'

MezzotintLine Engraving*7"Line Engraving

Line Engraving

Mixed ProcessesLine Engraving

Lithograph

Stipple Engraving*81 >Line Engraving*82'Line Engraving*83'Lithograph

Date1785

??

??

1748192517851776?

1799

?

1787?

1785*80'

??

?

1799???

Source

E. F. Burney engraving ofRoubiliac Westminster monu-mentKyte paintingRoyal Society of MusiciansHudson painting» i

Royal Society of MusiciansHudson painting» i

?Kyte paintingt t

August Selb's drawing of theBuckingham Palace HudsonpaintingNational Portrait Gallery Dennerpainting

' Gopsall' Hudson painting (?)?Royal Society of MusiciansHudson paintingDelattre engraving of RoubiliacWestminster monumentBodleian Hudson paintingChambars engraving of RoubiliacFoundling Hospital bustRoyal Society of MusiciansHudson paintingWolfgang paintingKyte painting?Roubiliac Foundling Hospitalbust

lapin.' [History of

(73) In Barney, op. cit.(74) A second state of this print is dated 1749.(75) In La Bevue Mutieale vi, No. 2, p. 202 (Feb. 1926).(76) ' London: Engraved for Harrison's Edition of Ra|

England.'](77) In Hawkins' History of Music (v, 262), London, 1776.(78) In Coxe, Anecdotes of Ot\.rge Frederick Handel and John Christopher

Smith (frontispiece).(79) Title: ' Apotheosis of Hat del.'(») Another state appeared in 1800.(«i) Plate to the Biographical Magazine (London), 1819.(82) Later rednoed by J. Caldxoal.(83) Published in ' Wien bei Artaria et Corap.'

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Artist

Landon, C. P.

Lewis, Fred. CarlLowry

Michelet, J. C.

Miller

Phelps, Richard

Purday, S. T.Read, David CharlesRiedel, C. T.

Riepenhausen, ErnestLudwig

RoUfsen, F. N.

Roussaux and Grand jeanSartain, J.SchertleSchmidt, Georg Fr.

Schuster, RudolphSherwin; J. K.

Sichling, L. G.Smith, A.Thomson, J.

Turner, Charles

MUSIC AND

Medium?

Stipple Engraving***)Line Engraving*85)

Woodcut

Line Engraving

Drawing*87)

Lithograph*88)Etching*89)Line Engraving

?

Line Engraving

LithographMixed Processes?Line Engraving

Line EngravingStipple Engraving*90)

Line EngravingLine EngravingStipple Engraving*9')

Mezzotint*92)

LETTERS

Date?

18281786

?

1749

c.1746

?1830?

1820

1761

????

18871784(?)

?17941833

1821

SourceRoyal Society of MusiciansHudson painting

Kyte paintingKyte painting (?)

After E. Jeanmaire's drawing ofthe Salmson statueRoyal Society of MusiciansHudson paintingBodleian Hudson painting orFaber mezzotintA Hudson paintingAfter a Hogarth paintingRoyal Society of MusiciansHudson paintingHoubraken engraving of Kyt$paintingChambars engraving of RoubilitcFoundling Hospital bustBodleian Hudson paintingf f

Kyte paintingHoubraken engraving of KytepaintingHamburg Hudson paintingB. Rebecca drawing probably of aRoubiliac bustBodleian Hudson paintingi t

Buckingham Palace HudsonpaintingHogarth [Dandridge] painting

(84) Wi th a facsimile of Handel'* autograph.(88) I n the New London Magazin*; publUhed by Alexr. Hogg, at the

King! Anns, No. 16 Paternoster Row, September 1, 1785.(06) A print , by this artist , is in the Newman Flower Collection.(87) Black and white chalk; ' Mr. Handel , an eminent Musician ' (British

Museum, Dept. of P r i n t s : 1918.11.22.1).(88) < For Dr. Carnaby's edition of the Messiah.'(89) 9 | in. x 8 in. Bust to r igh t ; H inde l in a fur cap.<») I n Barney, op. eit.(91) 14} in. x 11} in . ; in Knight 's Gail try of Portraits.(93) 14} in. x 11} in.

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ArtistWaldow, A.

Weger, A.WJussel. J.Winlter, E. v.

Medium

Lithograph

Line Engraving"?Lithograph

Date?

??1815

Source

Royal Society of MusidaHudson paintingit

11

National Portrait Gallery Hudst

Wolf, L. ?Wolfgang, Johann Georg Line Engraving*93'

paintingRoubiliac bustG. A. Wolfgang painting

Artist

Anon.™

,. <">

Grass, A.Heidel, HermannPingo, Thomas

Roubiliac, LouisFrancois*96*

IV—SCULPTURES

Type and Medium

Medallion (Marble)

Bust (Bronze)

Bas-Relief*96'StatueImpression from aBust in Steel*97'Statue*99'

Monument*100'

Bust (Bronze)*10"Bust (Marble)*102'

Date?

?

?

1859?

1738

1761

?1739

Present Owner or Location

Private Chapel, Betton HousLincolnshireMr. Cummings (not Dr. Wm.London,1917?Halle a.d.S. (Germany)

Novello & Co., London

Westminster Abbey, London

Mr. B. F. Stevens, London, 19]

Windsor Castle, Windsor

(») Published with two different t it les: ' Georg Frideric Hendel ' and' George Frederick Handel '; the engraving is otherwise the same.

(W) Possibly by Rqubiliac.(96) By a contemporary French sculptor; bust (13 in. high) of Handel in

s> full-bottomed wig.(%) A group-portrait: Handel with others, possibly the same as the marble

medallion in the exhibition of the Royal Academy (London), 1867 (Catalogue :No. 1093). This bas-relief was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1850(Catalogue: No. 1335).

(97) Exhibited in 1771 by the Free Society of Artists (Catalogue : No. 198).(1) v. the catalogue of the Roubiliac Safe (quoted in Eidailt). The follow-

ing works are mentioned: 1 bust (plaster mould); 1 bust (terra-cotta);6 busts (plaster)j 2 medals (plaster); 1 ' b r o n z e ' ; and 1 monument (mouldand 4 designs).

(99) v. reproductions in Esdaile, facing p. 36. The signed and dated terra-cotta model for this statue, by Roubiliac, is preserved in the FitswilliamMuseum, Cambridge..

(100) The Roubiliac terra-cotta model for this monument is preserved inthe Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Original costs from the head of the monu-ment are preserved in the British and Fitiwilliam Museums. Monumentreproduced (process block) in The Alunical Times, December 14, 1893.

(101) Handel in turban on a marble column, the whole 15} in. high.(10S) Inscription: 'Handel Aetatix Svae. 54 M.D. CC. X X X I X . ' (v.

reproduction in Etdaile, facing p. 50). The plaster model for this bust isprewired in the Foundling Hospital, London.

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listmbtiiac Louts Francois

UmsoH, Jules

Type and MediumBust (Marble)<103>Bust (Marble)'104)Medallion (Plaster-cast)<los>Death-mask (Mouldand several casts)(106)

Statue (Marble)

Datep

Present Owner 01 Location

Sir John Soane Museum, London

L'Op^ra, Paris (France)

V—METAL PIECES

listnon.

olff, F.

Type and MediumMedalJCopper-gilt)*107'Medal (Gold;Silver)*10")

Medal (Bronze;Brass)*'09)Medal (Bronze)*"°>Medal (Bronze)*1 ">Medal (Bronxe)*ll2>

Date1769(?)

1784

1791(?)

185718591823

Present Owner or LocationBritish Museum

l l

l l

99

91

t l

[A set of twenty tokens (19 of Coventry and one of Norwich) byPeter Kempson (sculptor) were issued c. 1797. All of these pieceshave the same obverse, a bust of Handel. Tokens were circulated bycorporations of towns and tradesmen in the eighteenth century, whenthere was a shortage of copper.]

'"*"<) The terra-cctU in the National Portrait Gallery, London, England(t>. reproduction in Etdaile, facing p. 50), is probably the model for thisbust. The marble bust wai mentioned in the catalogue of the BlaekwoodSale (1778).

(104) Mentioned in the catalogue of the Stanley Sale (1786).(ios) Possibly identical with B.22, B.23, or D.33 of the Roubiliac Sale (t>.

the Etdaile summary of the Roubiliac sale-catalogue). Reproduced in TheMusical Timet (December, 1005).

(106) The author possesses a photograph of the cast which was wld in theCummings sale at Sotheby's, May 17-24, 1917.

(107) Made for the Sheffield Musical Society; v. The MutieaX Time*, 1890(xl, 738).

(loe) For the Handel-Commemoration, Westminster Abbey.(109) For the ' Benevolent Chqral Fund Instituted 1791 for its decay'd

members widows and orphans '; there were three medals of this subject,all presenting only slight variation. •

(no) For the Handel Festival at Crystal Palace, June, 1857.(ill) Handel-bust in relief, issued for the Centenary Commemoration.(U2) In the Durand series; v. MtdaUit Illustrations (ii, 606, No. 424).

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VI—CARICATURES

Artist Title Medium Present Owner or LocationBurney, E. F. ' Amateurs of the Water- Mr. Ralph Edward, Victoria ani

Tye Wig Concerts ' colour*113) Albert MuseumGoupy, Joseph ' The Charming Pastel*1 U ) Fitzwilliam Museum

Brute'

Hogarth, William ' The Levee' <lls> Oil Sir John Soane Museum

' A Musical Study' Oil ?1

J. M. COOPKBSIOTH,Cambridge) Mass.

(113) 18} in. x 24} in . ; exhibited at the Burlington Fine Arts Club, London—Winter, 1931/1932. 'A similar caricature, called ' A n Elegant Establish-ment for Young Ladies',' may be seen at the Victoria and Albert Museum:for a reproduction of the latter v. plate 34 in The Victoria and AlbertMuseum Annual Review.

(114) 16} in. x 12} in. Goupy engraved two caricatures after this pastel:(1) The true Representation and Caracter Be (' The Harmonious Boar ') isprobably the earlier (e. 1754); (2) The Charming Brute is dated March 21,1754. Specimens of both prints are preserved in the British Museum (3272nnd 3273, respectively).

(115) No. 2 in the series, ' The Rake's Progress,' painted and engraved in1735; the Harpsichordist is said to be Handel.

(116) Engraved in 1809 by T. Cook: this print may be seen in the BritishMuseum, Dept. of Prints (Burney Collection: iv. 74).

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