867856 Harmony, 1735 (etching) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Italian composer Nicola (Antonio) Porpora (1686-1768) was invited to London in 1733 as music director for Opera of the Nobility, set up at Lincoln\'s Inn Fields by a group of disgruntled nobles in competition to Handel\'s monopoly of Italian opera. The rivalry nearly ruined them both and in 1736 Porpora left London when the Prince of Wales, who had been partly funding the Opera of the Nobility, preferred Handel\'s anthem for his wedding. ); English, out of copyright.