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The Handel Bookcase
Production: Unknown
Bookcase in two sections,mahogany with carcase of pine and some oak the lower cupboard enclosed with paneled doors, the upper section with glazed doors between fluted pilasters surmounted by a broken pediment; brass fittings.
History note: First certainly known in the collection of Thomas Greatorex (1758-1831) but (in the Illustrated London News, 1842) said to have belonged to Handel and to have been bequeathed to John Christopher Smith and to have been bought at his death jointly by Samuel Harrison (1760-1812) and Greatorex on the understanding that the survivor should possess it; Greatorex's sale, T. H. Watson, 3 April 1832, lot 252, purchased by John Ireland (1761-1842), Dean of Westminster; bequeathed by him to Mr Brownsmith; Henry Barrett Lennard; passed in 1870 to his son, Francis Barrett Lennard, who gave it to the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Given by Francis Barrett Lennard
Depth: 41 cm
Height: 251 cm
Width: 119 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1902-03-11) by Lennard, Francis Barrett
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1735
CE
-
Circa
1745
CE
The handles are not original
Fittings
composed of
gilt brass
Carcase
composed of
oak
pine
Veneered : In two sections, of mahogany with carcase of pine and some oak; brass fittings; handles not original
Accession number: M.1-1902
Primary reference Number: 96002
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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