Oratorio posters & prints

Handel conducting an oratorio, c.1740 English School

A Chorus of Singers, or The Oratorio, December 1732 William Hogarth

First stage performance in England of Handel's Oratorio 'Semele'. 1925 Anonymous

Rehearsal of the Oratorio of Judith, 1734 William Hogarth

Oratorio performance at the Drury Lane Theatre, part two of a triptych, 1814 John Nixon

Oratorio performance at the Drury Lane Theatre, part one of a triptych, 1814 John Nixon

Interior of St. George's Hall Liverpool from the South Performance of the First Oratorio 1854 Anonymous

Oratorio performance at the Drury Lane Theatre, part three of a triptych, 1814 John Nixon

Constantine the Leper comforts the Pious Women School Italian

Constantine receiving gifts Italian School

Saint George disputing with Diocletian. Fresco Oratorio di San Giorgio, Padua, ca 1380 Altichiero

A ticket for the Shakespeare Jubilee celebrations English School

Jules Emile Massenet Ernesto Fontana

Francesco Petrarca, c. 1377 Anonymous

An Admission Ticket for Handel's oratorio 'Samson', on March 11th 1743 English School

Bookcase G.F. Handel Anonymous

Annie Louise Cary Anonymous

John Sims Reeves, English vocalist Cassell

Playbill advertising a performance of Handel's Oratorio, 'Messiah' in 1777 English School

A chorus of singers William Hogarth

Ouverture from the score of 'Spring' Joseph Haydn

Pope Sylvester on Monte Soratte School Italian

Madonna of the Milk, Between 1325 and 1348 Ambrogio Lorenzetti

The Donation of Constantine Anonymous

God the Father, Early 17th cen Rutilio Manetti

Portrait of the composer Michele Enrico Carafa, 1850 Anonymous

Sir George Job Elvey, organist and composer Lock & Whitfield

George Alexander MacFarren, composer Anonymous