IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 96002 accession number: M.1-1902 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 6 August 2011 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: 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. title: bookcase NOTES ----- type: history note value: 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. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts collection: Smith Collection creditline: Given by Francis Barrett Lennard STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/96002 PEOPLE ------------------- Handel, George Frideric TECHNIQUES ---------- in two sections, of mahogany with carcase of pine and some oak; brass fittings; handles not original veneered CATEGORIES ------ category: furniture DATING ------ creation date: 1735 - 1745 creation date earliest: 1735 creation date latest: 1745 culture: 18th Century, Mid culture: George II CREATORS -------- maker: Unknown DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Depth units: cm value: 41 dimension: Height units: cm value: 251 dimension: Width units: cm value: 119 EXHIBITIONS HISTORY ------------------- title: Handel and Hendrix in London CITATIONS -------- Illustrated London News, 22 October 1842 --- IMAGES surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/M_1_1902_1_201711_adn21_dc2.jpg height: 1025 pixels width: 567 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/mid_M_1_1902_1_201711_adn21_dc2.jpg height: 904 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/M_1_1902_1_201711_adn21_dc2.jpg height: 1025 pixels width: 567 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa37/preview_M_1_1902_1_201711_adn21_dc2.jpg height: 452 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/M_1_1902.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 455 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/M_1_1902.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 455 pixels surrogate: original format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/M_1_1902.jpg height: 760 pixels width: 455 pixels surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/aa/aa20/preview_M_1_1902.jpg height: 418 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/460/189/large_M_1_1902_1_201711_adn21_mas.jpg height: 1643 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/460/189/mid_M_1_1902_1_201711_adn21_mas.jpg height: 802 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/M.1-1902_1_201711_adn21_mas.tif surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/460/189/preview_M_1_1902_1_201711_adn21_mas.jpg height: 401 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/460/189/M_1_1902_1_201711_adn21_mas.ptif height: 5947 pixels width: 3707 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/603/825/large_M_1_1902_crop_dc1.jpg height: 2090 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/603/825/mid_M_1_1902_crop_dc1.jpg height: 1020 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/M.1-1902_crop_dc1.jpg surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/603/825/preview_M_1_1902_crop_dc1.jpg height: 510 pixels width: 250 pixels surrogate: zoom format: pyramid tiff location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/603/825/M_1_1902_crop_dc1.ptif height: 4912 pixels width: 2407 pixels surrogate: large format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/653/612/large_M_1_1902_mas_legacy.jpg height: 1711 pixels width: 1024 pixels surrogate: mid format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/653/612/mid_M_1_1902_mas_legacy.jpg height: 836 pixels width: 500 pixels surrogate: original location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/M.1-1902_mas_legacy.jpg surrogate: preview format: jpeg location: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/653/612/preview_M_1_1902_mas_legacy.jpg height: 418 pixels width: 250 pixels