New Exhibition Marks The 250th Anniversary Of The Death Of Handel

LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 07: A life mask of George Frideric Handel lies on display in the Handel House Museum, where the composer died 250 years ago, on April 7, 2009 in London, England. The mask of Handel, by Roubiliac and dating from the 1740s, is being used to promote the Handel House Museum's marking of his death on April 14, 1759. During his life Handel lived for 36 years in the Georgian building on Brook Street, London which now houses a museum in his honor. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)