Lewis JonesFeb 28, 201912 min readAuctioning Francis Tatton Latour’s Erard harp in Finsbury, London, in 1827In Pedal harps in London music auctions of the 1820s (6 February 2019) I summarised and discussed sales of harps, two of which were at...
Lewis JonesFeb 24, 201913 min readThefts of harp strings in early Victorian London 2: William Groom, August-September 1843This is the second of two accounts, drawing on the online transcripts of The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913, of thefts of small...
Lewis JonesFeb 23, 20194 min readThefts of harp strings in early Victorian London 1: Cornelius Conway and Edward BondThis is the first of two accounts, drawing on the online transcripts of The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913, of thefts of small...