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A special loan exhibition of musical instruments, manuscripts, books, portraits, and other mementoes of music and musicians, formed to commemorate the tercentenary of the granting by King James I of a charter of incorporation to the Worshipful company of musicians in 1604 .., 1904
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1ments of modern manufacture, in the very complete and varied collections of wind instruments will be found nearly all the most recent types.
3A salient feature of the Exhibition is its wealth of portraits. Among those painted in oil are many of especial interest, and some which have never before been publicly exhibited. Earl Howe, for example, lends a Handel portrait that has never left Gopsal, his lordship's seat in Warwickshire, since the great composer's time. There is, moreover, a picture of the scene in Westminster Abbey on the occasion of the first Handel Commemoration in 1784, painted by a contemporary artist. And while on this subject we must not fail to draw attention to the unique collection relating to Handel lent by Dr. Cummings. Of Haydn we have a portrait painted while he was in England in 1792. It was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1794, and, we believe, has never since been publicly shown. Then there is an engraved portrait of Beethoven with autograph signature (1819). Of the portraits of former masters of the Musicians' Guild who were themselves musicians we are able to present only two; but all will be glad to find in the Exhibition the portrait of the late Sir John Stainer by Herkomer, kindly lent by Lady Stainer. The fine portrait of Dr. Arne, for the loan of which we are indebted to the kindness of Mr. Alfred Littleton, will doubtless be familiar to some of our visitors, as it was formerly in the possession of the old Sacred Harmonic Society, and hung in their library. There is also a portrait of Monteverde which has never been exhibited before, and it is
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