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Baroque SpringHandel Gallery

A visual guide to Handel's life and times.

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'The Charming Brute' caricature

...of Handel who was noted for his appetite, by Joseph Goupy c.1754 ©Bridgeman Art Library

  • Handel by Hogarth
  • Handel by Hudson
  • Fireworks on the Thames near Whitehall in 1749
  • Handel's birthplace
  • Original score of Handel's Messiah
  • Farinelli, Cuzzoni and Senesino
  • King George II
  • The rotunda at Ranelagh Gardens c.1751
  • Portrait of Thomas Coram, the former sea Captain who founded the Foundling Hospital
  • The Foundling Hospital in London
  • The Hanover Square Rooms in London
  • 'The Charming Brute' caricature

This gallery is from

  • Baroque Spring

    Highlights from the season of baroque music and features on BBC Radio 3.

    BBC Radio 3

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