Drawings Welsh Crwth
Object number
LDSAL2020.42.98
Artist/Designer/Maker
Barrington, Daines - Attributed To
Production date
Circa 1770
1786
1786
Material
Paper
Pen
Ink
Wash
Pen
Ink
Wash
Technique
Drawing
Dimensions
Height: 134mm
Width: 182mm
Height (of Mount): 210mm
Width (of Mount): 231mm
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.