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Charles Jennens

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Portrait Subject: Jennens, Charles

Physical Attributes
Technique: Crayon manner
Colour: Sanguine
Dimensions: 264 x 198 mm

Production
Artist: Hussey G

Galleries
Portraits A-Z: J
Professions: Music
Portraits: Musicians & Composers
Miscellaneous: Music

Bibliographic References
NPG: 87458

Charles Jennen (1701-73) Librettist who wrote the libretto for Handel's Messiah (1742) as well as his oratorios, Saul (1738), L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (1742) and Belshazzar (1745).




Antique Crayon manner - "Charles Jennens" after G Hussey.