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The Violin Gallery: Comprising: Section I. South Kensington Special …, 1890
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1117 VIOLIN. By B. Banks, jun., Salisbury, 1771. Viol-shaped.
2Lent by Mr. C. J. Read, Salisbury.
4118 VIOLIN. By Banks, Salisbury, 1775. Lent by Mr. C. J. Read, Salisbury.
6119 VIOLIN. By E. Aireton, London, 1735.
7Lent by Mr. C. J. Read, Salisbury.
9120 VIOLIN. ENGLISH. By R. Duke, 1754.
10Lent by Mr. Sampson Moore (of Liverpool.)
12121 VIOLIN. ENGLISH. 18th century. Oblong. Lent by Mr. Carl Engel.
14122 VIOLIN. GERMAN. 16th century. "A very old-fashioned shape."
15Lent by Mr. Carl Engel. (S. K. M.)
17122a VIOLIN. With bow. ENGLISH. Early 17th century. Carved with scrolls, and the Royal shield of Great Britain and Ireland. Said to have belonged to James I. S. K. M.
19123 VIOLIN. By David Techler. Lent by Mr. J. W. Joyce.
21124 VIOLIN. Ancient form. Flat, without sides. The neck has been altered. Lent by Professor Oakley, Edinburgh University.
23125 VIOLIN. ENGLISH. Dated, 1578. Boxwood, carved with woodland scenes. This Violin is said to have been given by Queen Elizabeth to the Earl of Leicester, and the arms of both these personages are engraved on silver on the finger-board. It has been suggested that it is the work of J. Pemberton, a maker of some celebrity in London about the year 1580; but there seems no other indication in support of this opinion than the initials "J. P.," which are engraved on the instrument. On the other hand, we have the opinion of an authority that the wood-carving is some centuries older than the upper portion of the instrument, and that it dates from about 1350. This Violin may therefore be a reconstruction of an older instrument of the violin kind.
24Lent by the Earl of Warwick. (S. K. M.)
26126 VIOLIN. Silver. Made at Cawnpore, 1781. Lent by Mr. D. Davis.
28127 CRWTH. WELSH. This instrument was found in the Isle of Anglesea, and is described in Forster's "History of the Violin," London, 1864. It had the following inscription:—
29maid in the paris of
30anirhengel by Richard
31Evan Instruments maker
32In the year 1742.
33It is, however, probably older than the date here given, and may have been only repaired by Richard Evans. The crwth, one of the oldest known species of the violin class, has now almost entirely fallen into oblivion.
34Lent by Mr. C. Wyune Finch.
36128 VIOLIN BOW. By Tourte. Unused, and in its primitive condition.
37Lent by M. Louis D'Egerville, Conduit Street, London.
39129 VIOLIN BOW. By Tourte. Lent by Mr. Sampson Moore (of Liverpool).
41130 VIOLIN BOW. By Tourte.
42Lent by Lieut.-Gen. Sir J. Hope Grant, G. C. B., The Grange, Farnboro'.
44131 AN OLD VIOLIN BOW. Inlaid with ivory and engraved.
45Lent by Messrs. J. and R. Glen, Edinburgh.
47132 TWO BOWS. By Tourte.
48Lent by W. A. Tyssen Amhurst, Didlington Hall, Norfolk.
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