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This is the original wooden mould by Michael Biggs for the former memorial bronze plaque commemorting the first performance of Handel's Messiah in Dublin's Fishamble Street. It was made by the sculptor Michael Biggs and is a stunning piece. It was commissioned many years ago and the bronze plate was removed without notice by Dublin Corporation sometime in the early 1990s. The text reads:
"This bronze commemorates the first performance of George Friderick Handel's oratorio Messiah given in the Old Music Hall in Fishamble Street at noon on Tuesday April 13th 1742".
The Biggs family would be most interested to know of the present location of the plaque, or if anyone would be interested in making a replacement bronze from the wooden mould pictured above. If you are interested please contact me and I will forward your message.
Update 2009: Debbie from the Volunteer Travel Blog kindly sent me the picture below, taken in August 1992. It shows the sign that replaced Michael Biggs's plaque; its prefunctory nature might suggest it was only temporary. However, it was subsequently removed, probably by Dublin Corporation.
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Former mould for Handel's Messiah memorial