1592964756000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-77348 1754330633826 1754303244000 1754330627081 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-77348 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/77348 e6d9595c-eb33-3b9d-8a25-3ba0759116d0 6 reference term-123148 adlib-term-123148 f5fded51-fb22-3c2f-8d15-8fa08faea6cf musical instruments Height cm 171 To Top Of Column Width cm 37 Sound Board Width cm 77 Shoulder To Column Applied Arts Painted wooden Grecian style harp, with eight brass pedals, leather wrappings, five doors in the sound holes, double action fourchette mechanism on all but the top string, external linkage on lower mechanism, 43 strings E-E, bottom eight strings are wire wound, the rest gut. Brass action plates on each side of the neck. String pegs on all strings; ten are missing. Straight carved column; head of column decorated with gilded plaster in the form of Grecian angels and ferns, gilded ferns at base of column, back feet have gesso scallops and gilded. Griffins (winged dogs?) above front feet which are also scallop shaped (a replacement of the paws), mask and ferns on the front of the pedal box, all gilded. Soundboard unpainted. The rest of the harp is painted brown with gold geometrical highlights. M.9-1941 1 accession number M.9-1941 77348 priref 77348 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/77348 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/77348 on brass action plate by head on left side engraved Sebastian Erard/Patent N.3908/18 Great Marlborough Street LONDON inscription label on brass action plate by head on right side engraved Sebastian Erard/Maker/by special appointment to his MAJESTY and the/ROYAL FAMILY inscription No.8/Concert harp tie-on label reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Given by Mrs. Norah K. Chadwick reference agent-164731 adlib-agent-164731 07564879-c2a7-30e0-b576-24dff005202c Chadwick, Norah, K., Mrs 1941 1941 1941 given 1802 CE 1802 1802 reference agent-193513 adlib-agent-193513 6757936d-3346-34bd-8a3b-ec80e0b528a0 Sebastian Erard reference term-148180 adlib-term-148180 9155bb4d-7fb8-342a-8bc6-12855542badb 1800s reference term-106216 adlib-term-106216 825b8379-ec94-388e-9a59-624e40c090d0 literal England England country London reference media-49736 adlib-media-49736 cc1cf864-a9e6-3a91-b8e3-898405623b56 jpeg aa/aa10/M_9_1941_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 501 1742583794936 1 image jpeg aa/aa10/mid_M_9_1941_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 739 width pixels 500 1742583794936 1 image jpeg aa/aa10/M_9_1941_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 501 1742583794936 1 image jpeg aa/aa10/preview_M_9_1941_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 369 width pixels 250 1742583794936 1 image 0 media image reference media-49737 adlib-media-49737 6a4b73e9-d14d-3a29-aab0-68ea9e322d42 jpeg aa/aa10/M_9_1941_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 516 1742583816107 1 image jpeg aa/aa10/mid_M_9_1941_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 717 width pixels 500 1742583816107 1 image jpeg aa/aa10/M_9_1941_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 516 1742583816107 1 image jpeg aa/aa10/preview_M_9_1941_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 359 width pixels 250 1742583816107 1 image 1 media image reference term-108520 adlib-term-108520 3d03db93-5ad2-382d-a3fd-74714dff5549 harp history note Bought new from Erard by Miss Goddard, Cliff House, Nr. Marlborough in August 1826. Repaired by Morley/Erard for J. Armstrong, Esq. 23.10.1919. Purchased by Mrs. Chadwick from J.S. Morley in 1937. 1 reference object-204579 adlib-object-204579 296874ba-3727-3c2a-a1f9-bd2ca80fd797

1 reference 1 term-134328 adlib-term-134328 0c91a9fe-ade0-3771-8b6e-38b4bf5fc54f Harp string box

Harp string box reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum

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