Harpsichord with additional piano action
Jacob Kirckman
(English, 1710–1792)
1758
Object PlaceLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueMahogany
DimensionsLength 216.5 cm, width 91.5 cm, case height 26.8 cm, height with stand 87.4 cm (Length 85 1/4 in., width 36 in., case height 10 9/16 in., height with stand 34 7/16 in.)
Credit LineEdwin M. Ripin Collection—Museum purchase with funds donated by Friends of the Collection
Accession number1977.56
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1924, documented for inclusion of Merlin action, ownership unknown. Before 1942, acquired by Mrs. Francis Higginson Cabot (nee Perkins), West Chester, Pennsylvania; by 1942, probably sold by Cabot to Edwards & Sons, Ltd., London; December 12, 1942, Edwards & Sons, Ltd., Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, lot 342; by 1965, acquired by Edwin M. Ripin (1930-1975), Forest Hills, New York; 1977, sold by the estate of Edwin M. Ripin to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 9, 1977)
about 1860
about 1740
