Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

George Frideric Handel NPG 3970

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Thomas Hudson

This portrait of the composer George Frederick Handel, seen here in old age and by now blind, with the score of Messiah and painted for Handel's friend, Charles Jennens, who selected the words for Messiah, has been on almost continuous display since its purchase in 1968. It was first offered to the Gallery at a price of £10,000. Despite this prohibitively high price tag, the acquisition was considered a priority because of Handel’s standing as a national figurehead in the history of British music. The... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.