Harp lute
Edward Light (1747-1832)
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
circa 1817
Materials
Wood, Gilt, Paint, Metal
Measurements
350 mm (Width); 830 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Foley Place
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire (Accredited Museum)
NT 1335347
Summary
Harp-Lute, Light, London, c.1817(?) Marked 'LIGHT, FOLEY PLACE, LONDON No.586'. 12 strings. Gilt rose in form of sunburst. Painted black, gold decoration of foliage around the outside and around sound hole, and a small cameo of a woman and child at a desk. Gilded harp column. With acanthus top. Curved back in 6 sections, two elongated holes. In notebook no.4, page 3 (1340945.4) Charles Wade refers to: 'Music Room 2. Harp Lute by Ed. Knight a rayed fret c.1810'.
Provenance
from Reg. Andrade, Plympton, Devon, 24th November 1939, or from G Macdonald, 88 High Street, St Johns Wood, London 24th September 1932 Harp Lute £2.10s. Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
Light, Foley Place, London
Makers and roles
Edward Light (1747-1832)
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 4 First and Second Floor, 1944, page 3