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Drawings Welsh Crwth

Object number

LDSAL2020.42.98

Artist/Designer/Maker

Barrington, Daines - Attributed To

Production date

Circa 1770
1786

Material

Paper
Pen
Ink
Wash

Technique

Drawing

Dimensions

Height: 134mm
Width: 182mm
Height (of Mount): 210mm
Width (of Mount): 231mm

Inscriptions

Inscription content

The Crwth

Inscription content

The Instrument, in playing, is suspended by a String, as in the Drawing, put round the Neck of the Performer; the Sides hanging horizontally, & the Bridge End bearing ag[ain]st. the Person's Breast.

Inscription content

Archæologia III. p. 30.

References

Reference (free text)

Daines Barrington, 'Some Account of Two Musical Instruments Used in Wales', Archaeologia 3 (1786): 30-4. Illustration (Engraving), pl. VII, opp. p. 33.