Irish harp
John Egan
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
circa May 1818 - circa 1900
Materials
Pine, Willow, Paint, Gilt, Gut, Metal
Measurements
820 x 400 mm
Place of origin
Dawson Street
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1335363
Summary
Harp (Royal Portable Irish Harp) by John Egan, Dublin, 1818. Written inside sound box: 'John Egan, 30 Dawson Street, Dublin, May 1818'. Twenty-nine strings. Painted green with gilt shamrock decorations. Six oblong holes in sound box..
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Marks and inscriptions
John Egan, Dawson Street, Dublin
Makers and roles
John Egan