Surviving Historical Harps - a visual comparison

notes

 

 

Trinity College harp

Illustration is a reversed montage by Simon Chadwick based on and correcting Armstrong's engraving (1904). Dimensions from R.B. Armstrong,"The Irish and Highland Harps", Edinburgh, 1904 and from Keith Sanger & Alison Kinnaird, Tree of Strings (Crann nan Teud), 1992.

The photo postcard is from the collection of Simon Chadwick.

 

 

Lamont harp

Illustration and dimensions from R.B. Armstrong,"The Irish and Highland Harps", Edinburgh, 1904. Other dimensions from Keith Sanger & Alison Kinnaird, Tree of Strings (Crann nan Teud), 1992.

 

 

Queen Mary harp

Illustration (reversed) and dimensions from R.B. Armstrong,"The Irish and Highland Harps", Edinburgh, 1904. Other dimensions from Keith Sanger & Alison Kinnaird, Tree of Strings (Crann nan Teud), 1992.

 

 

Ballinderry Fragments

photo and dimensons in R.B. Armstrong,"The Irish and Highland Harps", Edinburgh, 1904.

 

 

Cloyne harp

Dimensions from R.B. Armstrong,"The Irish and Highland Harps", Edinburgh, 1904. This illustration is reconstruction by Simon Chadwick, based on photos by Armstrong.

 

 

Otway harp

Illustration and dimensions from R.B. Armstrong,"The Irish and Highland Harps", Edinburgh, 1904.

 

 

O'Fogarty harp

Illustration and dimensions from R.B. Armstrong,"The Irish and Highland Harps", Edinburgh, 1904.

 

 

Kildare harp

Illustration (reversed) and dimensions from R.B. Armstrong,"The Irish and Highland Harps", Edinburgh, 1904.

 

 

Sirr harp

Outline drawing by Simon Chadwick after photo in Joan Rimmer, The Irish Harp, 1969. Dimensions from R.B. Armstrong,"The Irish and Highland Harps", Edinburgh, 1904.

 

 

Mullaghmast harp

This harp does not appear in Armstrong 1904. Outline drawing by Simon Chadwick after photo in Joan Rimmer, The Irish Harp, 1969. Dimensions and label from David Kortier.

 

 

Rose Mooney's harp

Outline drawing by Simon Chadwick after photo in Joan Rimmer, The Irish Harp, 1969. Dimensions from R.B. Armstrong,"The Irish and Highland Harps", Edinburgh, 1904. McDonnel quote from Charlotte Milligan Fox, "Annals of the Irish harpers", 91, p. 281

 

 

O'Neill harp

Picture and dimensions from R.B. Armstrong,"The Irish and Highland Harps", Edinburgh, 1904.

 

 

Downhill harp

Outline Drawing by Simon Chadwick, after oblique view in Joan Rimmer, The Irish Harp, 1969, and dimensons in R.B. Armstrong,"The Irish and Highland Harps", Edinburgh, 1904.

 

 

Bunworth harp

Picture and dimensions from R.B. Armstrong,"The Irish and Highland Harps", Edinburgh, 1904.

 

 

Hollybrook harp

Outline Drawing by Simon Chadwick, after photo and dimensons in R.B. Armstrong,"The Irish and Highland Harps", Edinburgh, 1904.

 

 

Malahide 1 harp

This harp does not appear in Armstrong 1904. Outline drawing by Simon Chadwick, and dimensions, after Nicholas Carolan, "Two Irish Harps in County Dublin", Ceol vol VII December 1984.

 

 

Malahide 2 harp

This harp does not appear in Armstrong 1904. Outline drawing by Simon Chadwick, and dimensions, after Nicholas Carolan, "Two Irish Harps in County Dublin", Ceol vol VII December 1984.

 

 

Clonalis harp

This harp does not appear in Armstrong 1904. Outline drawing by Simon Chadwick after photographs by Ann and Charlie Heymann.

 

 

V&A harp

Outline Drawing by Simon Chadwick, after oblique view and dimensons in R.B. Armstrong,"The Irish and Highland Harps", Edinburgh, 1904.

 

 

Charlemont harp

R.B. Armstrong,"The Irish and Highland Harps", Edinburgh, 1904. p.105

Outline drawing by Simon Chadwick, and dimensions, after a photo in Roslyn Rensch's book "The Harp" (1969).

 

 

Rainie's harp

Outline and description taken from an exhibition leaflet published by the National Museum of Ireland, "The Irish Harp"

 

 

Collins Barracks harp

R.B. Armstrong,"The Irish and Highland Harps", Edinburgh, 1904. p.105

 

 

Society harps

R.B. Armstrong,"The Irish and Highland Harps", Edinburgh, 1904.