Harp
Category
Musical instruments, devices and recordings
Date
Unknown
Materials
wood, paint and gold leaf
Measurements
1690 x 995 mm
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Fenton House, London
NT 1448932
Summary
Double action pedal harp, marked "No. 2978/John Egan and Son/30 Dawson Street, Dublin/Maker by Authority of the Royal Warrant of His Most Gracious Majesty George IV and the Royal Family". Painted black, with neo-classical gold motifs. Winged caryatids and anthemion on the column, griffins and trumpeting angels on the base. Eight pedals, four paw feet.
Provenance
Acquired after destruction of Old Devonshire House in 1941.