Canaletto Westminster Bridge: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1976.7.94
George Frideric Handel by Denner: © National Portrait Gallery, London
Jonathan Swift by Jervas: © National Portrait Gallery, London
Gopsall Hall: Digital image courtesy of the Paul Mellon Centre, PA-F05886-0007
Charles Jennens by Hudson: Courtesy of Handel Hendrix House
Susannah Cibber by Hudson: © National Portrait Gallery, London
William Hogarth, “Strolling Actresses”: Author’s collection
“Pistol’s a Cuckold”: TCS 61, folder 102, Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard University
William Hogarth, “The Beggar’s Opera”: Author’s collection
William Hogarth, “Gin Lane”: Author’s collection
Thomas Coram by Hogarth: © The Foundling Museum, London
Ayuba Diallo by Hoare: OM.762, Qatar Museums / Lusail Museum, Doha, Qatar. Photography © Qatar Museums / Lusail Museum, Doha, Qatar
Ayuba Diallo map: British Library, Add.MS.32556, fol. 239v. / Bridgeman Images
“The Charming Brute”: Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
Messiah ink stain page: British Library, R.M.20.fol.2 / Bridgeman Images
“Hallelujah” chorus manuscript page: British Library, R.M.20.fol.2 / Bridgeman Images
Old Music Hall: Gerald Coke Handel Foundation
Messiah wordbook: Performing Arts Reading Room, Library of Congress
Prince Charles Edward Stuart by Blanchet: Royal Collection Trust /© His Majesty King Charles III 2023
William Hogarth, “March of the Guards to Finchley”: Author’s collection
Battle of Culloden: Courtesy of the Council of the National Army Museum, London
Coram with baby: Gerald Coke Handel Foundation
Foundling Hospital: Author’s collection
Foundling Hospital tokens: © The Foundling Museum, London
Royal Fireworks: Gerald Coke Handel Foundation
Edward Holdsworth memorial ruins: Photograph by the author
Edward Holdsworth memorial allegorical statue: Photograph by the author
Charles Jennens by Chamberlin: Gerald Coke Handel Foundation
George Frideric Handel by Hudson: © National Portrait Gallery, London