Triple harp (telyn deires)

John Richard (Welsh, 1711–1789)

about 1750

Object PlaceLlanrwst, Wales

Medium/TechniqueMaple, white pine

DimensionsHeight 185.4 cm, width 69.9 cm, depth 48.7 cm (Height 73 in., width 27 1/2 in., depth 19 3/16 in.)

Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection

Accession number17.1789

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ClassificationsMusical instruments

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InscriptionsStamped twice at back of neck: I RProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)