Johann Christoph Pepusch and Anastasia Mordaunt (née Robinson), Countess of Peterborough Greetings Card
Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:
Johann Christoph Pepusch and Anastasia Mordaunt (née Robinson), Countess of Peterborough NPG D27618
© National Portrait Gallery, London
after Thomas Hudson
John Christopher Pepusch was born in Berlin, where he studied music, and moved to London in 1697, by which time he was already a well-known composer. He worked as a composer and musician, often for London's theatres, and almost certainly composed the music for John Gay's comic Beggar's Opera which opened in 1727. Later Pepusch held a number of distinguished positions in the musical world, including Director of the Academy of Ancient Music. Although he is now overshadowed by his contemporary George Friderick Handel,... more
Card size: 125mm x 175mm
Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.










