James Hook the elder. Stipple engraving by T. Blood after S. Drummond, 1813.

  • Drummond, Samuel, 1763?-1844.
Date:
1st September 1813
Reference:
2026518i
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Description

James Hook the elder. "In 1769 Hook became organist and composer at Marylebone Gardens and about this time also he was appointed organist at St John's, Horsleydown, Bermondsey. Five years later he moved to the more prestigious Vauxhall Gardens, where he became well known particularly for his keyboard concerto performances given each evening during the summer season. ... The oboist William Parke recalled Hook in his Memoirs: a good-humoured character, he walked with a limp, having been born club-footed, and was 'a very agreeable companion', an inveterate leg-puller who had 'a happy knack of punning'

Publication/Creation

[London] (Cornhill) : J. Asperne, 1st September 1813.

Physical description

1 print : stipple engraving ; platemark 165 x 11.1 cm

Lettering

James Hook, esq.r. Engraved for the European Magazine by S. Blood, from an original painting by S. Drummond, A.R.A.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 2026518i

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