London · 1748 to 1750
Historical maker
Named in 8 books.
What the books printed
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896. Page 45, scan 53.
Heesom, Edward. Was working in London about 1748-50. He followed the Stainer pattern. Label: "Edward Heesom, Londini, fecit 1749."
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Page 45, scan 55. Held as more than one scan.
Heesom, Edward. Was working in London about 1748-50. He followed the Stainer pattern. Label: "Edward Heesom, Londini, fecit 1749."
Violin tone and violin makers, London: Chatto & Windus, 1916. Page 187, scan 209.
HEESOM, EDWARD.—London; eighteenth century. Work very scarce and little known. Stainer pattern.
Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell. 1928. Page 140, scan 208.
HEESOM (Edward) — London circa 1750. Stainer style. Good instruments.
The Violin, 1875. Page 193, scan 251. Held as more than one scan.
Heesom, Edward, London, 1748. Mostly copies of Stainer.
The violin, Hart, George. London: Dulau, 1880. Page 177, scan 195.
HEESOM, Edward, London, 1748. Copied Stainer.
Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1904. Page 273, scan 295.
Heesom, Edward. — London. 1748. 1750.
An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. Page 31, scan 53. Held as more than one scan.
HEESOM, EDWARD, London, 1748 to 1750.
- Entries from 8 books stand under this name, and the software judged them likely the same person. Tell us if that is wrong and we will split the record.
Labels the books quote
- "Edward Heesom, Londini, fecit 1749." (A dictionary of violin makers, 1896)
- "Edward Heesom, Londini, fecit 1749." (A dictionary of violin makers, n.d.)
Same name
Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say.
Same town, same time
162 other London makers have a year in the 1700s. A few of them:
- 1747 to 1818 Hill, Joseph II.
- 1748 Heesom, E.
- 1749 Thompson
- 1749 Thompson, Robert
- 1749 to 1764 Thomson, R.
- 1750 Collier, S.