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