George Frideric Handel
(1685-1759), ComposerEarly Georgian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 36 portraits
Born in Saxony, Handel moved to London in 1712 from the court in Hanover. By 1714 he found himself working for his old master, now George I, for whom he composed the Water Music in 1717. For the next fifty years Handel poured out opera, oratorios and concertos. His Messiah, first performed in Dublin in 1742, was a national institution within his lifetime. In 1751 Handel's eyesight started to fail in one eye due to a cataract which was operated on by the charlatan doctor Chevalier Taylor. This led to uveitis and subsequent loss of vision. More than three thousand attended Handel's funeral, he was given full state honours and buried in Westminster Abbey
by John Keyse Sherwin, after Biagio Rebecca
stipple engraving, published 1784
NPG D3205
by Francesco Bartolozzi, after Edward Francisco Burney
line engraving, 1784
NPG D3211
by John Goldar
line engraving, published 10 September 1785
NPG D35302
by Jean Marie Delattre (Delatre), after Louis François Roubiliac
line engraving, published 14 January 1785
NPG D3212
by William Bromley, after Thomas Hudson
line engraving, published 1786
NPG D3218
by Francesco Bartolozzi, after Giovanni Battista Cipriani
line engraving, published 1786
NPG D3219
George Frideric Handel ('Apotheosis of Handel')
by James Heath, after Biagio Rebecca
line engraving, published 26 May 1787
NPG D35301
George Frideric Handel ('Apotheosis of Handel')
by James Heath, after Biagio Rebecca
line engraving, published 21 May 1787
NPG D3206
George Frideric Handel ('Apotheosis of Handel')
by James Heath, after Biagio Rebecca
line engraving, published 21 May 1787
NPG D19013
by John Swaine, after Giovanni Battista Cipriani
line engraving, circa 1800-1850
NPG D3209
by John Swaine, after Giovanni Battista Cipriani
line engraving, circa 1800-1850
NPG D3210
by and published by Charles Turner, after Bartholomew Dandridge
mezzotint, published 4 April 1821
NPG D35300
printed by M & N Hanhart, published by Ashdown & Parry, after Thomas Hudson
lithograph, circa 1850s-1860s (1749)
NPG D42822
Sheet music cover for 'Glover's transcriptions of classical gems'
by Michael Watson, published by Ransford & Son
lithograph, circa 1869-1876
NPG D42832
by and sold by John Faber Jr, after Thomas Hudson
mezzotint, published 1749
NPG D20360
by Francesco Bartolozzi, after Giovanni Battista Cipriani
line engraving, circa 1786
NPG D20008
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