The dead shall live, the living die Handel. [graphic]
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Lewis Walpole Library > The dead shall live, the living die Handel. [graphic]
"Subscribers ticket to the Handel Centenary Commemoration held in Westminster Abbey in 1784; a woman seated on a lion, gesturing towards an obelisk behind her, that is inscribed 'Handel'; a cherbu by her side placing a garland on a pedestal; in oval with ribbion inscribed 'The dead shall live the living die', and on scroll between horns and pipes, 'May 29 / Messiah / 1784'."--British Museum online catalogue