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Fireworks on the Thames near Whitehall in 1749 to celebrate the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, for which occasion Handel composed his Music for the Royal Fireworks

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Fireworks on the Thames near Whitehall in 1749 to celebrate the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, for which occasion Handel composed his Music for the Royal Fireworks. ©The Bridgeman Art Library

Unfinished oil sketch of Handel by William Hogarth (1695) Full-length portrait of Handel by Thomas Hudson (1756) Fireworks on the Thames near Whitehall in 1749 to celebrate the signing of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, for which occasion Handel composed his Music for the Royal Fireworks Handel's birthplace in Grossen Nikolaistrasse in Halle Original score of Handel's Messiah Farinelli, Cuzzoni and Senesino in Handel's opera Flavio, c.1728 King George II, for whose coronation in 1727 Handel composed four anthems including Zadok the Priest and The King Shall Rejoice The rotunda at Ranelagh Gardens c.1751 where Handel's music was often performed. 1754 painting by Canaletto Portrait of Thomas Coram, the former sea Captain who founded the Foundling Hospital. Oil painting by Balthasar Nebot The Foundling Hospital in London where Handel, a governor, directed concerts of his music to raise funds The Hanover Square Rooms in London where concerts of Handel's music took place 'The Charming Brute' caricature of Handel who was noted for his appetite, by Joseph Goupy c.1754

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