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The Williams Wynn chamber organ, to be sold at auction by order of the Joint Receivers of Lindisfarne College, Ernst & Young, F.W. Taylor and T.N. Birch, in situ at Lindisfarne College (Wynnstay Park, Clwyd) on Friday 21st April 1995 at 2 pm

Archive Print Item: Bedford Collection J603

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Type of record: Book

Title: The Williams Wynn chamber organ, to be sold at auction by order of the Joint Receivers of Lindisfarne College, Ernst & Young, F.W. Taylor and T.N. Birch, in situ at Lindisfarne College (Wynnstay Park, Clwyd) on Friday 21st April 1995 at 2 pm

Other titles: Williams Wynn chamber organ by Robert Adam, Friday 21 April 1995 at 2 pm in situ at Lindisfarne College, Wynnstay Park, Clywd

Level: Item

Classmark: Bedford Collection J603

Additional creator(s): Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) (Former owner); Phillips Son & Neale (London, England) (Issuing body)

Related people: Williams-Wynn, Watkin, Sir, 1749-1789; Snetzler, John, 1710-1782; Adam, Robert, 1728-1792; Adam, Robert, 1728-1792; Snetzler, John, 1710-1782

Publisher: Phillips Son & Neale

Publication city: London

Date(s): [1995]

Language: English

Size and medium: 51 pages

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/748379

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991020081589305181

Description

Contains a description and specifications of the organ built for Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn by John Snetzler, with an organ case by Robert Adam. The organ was later rebuilt by Gray & Davison.


Place of sale: Wynnstay Park, Clwyd.


Date of sale: April 21, 1995.

Features

Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection J603: Contains loose insert with additional historical information on the organ.

Provenance

Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection J603: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on page 7: John Evan Bedford. Former reference: CTC/64.

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