'The Charming Brute, (A satire on Handel)', 1754. Artist: Unknown

'The Charming Brute, (A satire on Handel)', 1754. Artist: Unknown

1-624-623 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Charming Brute, (A satire on Handel)', 1754. The German composer Handel, here depicted as a pig, had a huge appetite. Here he is at his organ, sitting on a barrel of ale, surrounded by poultry, bottles, fish and oysters. Illustration from Social Caricature in the Eighteenth Century ... With over two hundred illustrations by George Paston [pseudonym of Emily Morse Symonds], (London, 1905).


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People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Subject
  1. George Frideric Handel: German: Composer, musician
People Related
  1. George Paston: : Author

Picture Type
  1. Caricature
  2. Portrait
  3. Satire

Category Hierarchy

Lifestyle & Leisure Food & Drink

People Famous People

Society & Culture Music

Artistic Representations Satires

Artistic Representations Caricatures


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3753x4657
File Size : 51,205kb


Aliases

  1. 0580005561
  1. 1-624-623
  1. 1624623

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