Leeds · 1830 to 1840
Historical maker
Named in 5 books.
What the books printed
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896. Page 29, scan 37.
Firth, G. Was working in Leeds in 1836 according to the following label: "G. Firth, No. 110, Briggate, Leeds, 1836." He was a pupil of William Booth, sen.
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Page 29, scan 39. Held as more than one scan.
Firth, G. Was working in Leeds in 1836 according to the following label: "G. Firth, No. 110, Briggate, Leeds, 1836." He was a pupil of William Booth, sen.
Old violins, Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald). Edinburgh, Grant, 1905. Page 249, scan 273.
FIRTH, G. Leeds, 1836; pupil of William Booth, sen.
British Violin Makers, W. Meredith Morris. London: Robert Scott, 1920. Page 146, scan 182. Held as more than one scan.
FIRTH, G., Leeds: 1830-40. Ordinary work.
The violin, 1909. Page 309, scan 371. Held as more than one scan.
FIRTH, G., Leeds, 1836.
- Entries from 5 books stand under this name, and nobody has judged yet whether they mean the same person.
- May be the same person as Firth, G. (merged into Firth, G.)
Labels the books quote
- "G. Firth, No. 110, Briggate, Leeds, 1836." (A dictionary of violin makers, 1896)
- "G. Firth, No. 110, Briggate, Leeds, 1836." (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
20 other Leeds makers have a year in the 1800s. A few of them:
- 1812 to 1828 Dearlove, Mark
- 1816 to 1856 Booth, William II
- about 1820 Gough, John
- 1828 Dearlove, M.
- 1836 Firth
- 1836 Firth