More Handel

I enjoyed another opportunity to see the majestic Thomas Hudson portrait at the NPG last Friday night. I introduced him to two friends, who both remarked how different he looked compared to the image they'd had of him, just from hearing his music. They remarked how humble he looked in the flesh, despite the trappings of his successful life all around him in the portrait. Perhaps that's how he felt in the mid 1750s when he sat for the portrait, blind and heading towards the end of his life.