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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08878.1883 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Engraving Date: circa 1860 Pagination: 1 print : b&w ; Order a Copy

One engraving of five composer portraits dated circa 1860. Features five portraits of men, below each portrait is a name. The men included are Samuel Arnold, Thomas Augustine Arne, George Frideric Handel, Henry Rowley Bishop, and Henry Purcell.

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759
Arne, Thomas Augustine, 1710-1778
Arnold, Samuel, 1740-1802
Bishop, Henry Rowley, 1787-1856
Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Composers
The War for Independence

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