James & Henry Banks, Salisbury, 1803
Violin: 60096
Labeled, "James and Henry Banks, Salisbury, feciunt 1803" and stamped internally Banks on the top and bottom blocks and on the back middle bout lining.
Back: Two-piece
Notes:
"This violin was exhibited at an exhibition of English instruments arranged to commemorate the visit of the International Society of Violin and Bow Makers to London in June 1961, and later at the Banks Exhibition in Salisbury in 1989. It is illustrated in colour (Plate B) and in monochrome (Plate 5) in Benjamin Banks, The Salisbury Violin Maker, 1727-1795 by Albert W. Cooper"Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, March 22, 1994, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, March 22, 1994, London, London
Provenance
| in 1991 | Sold by Sotheby's |
| in 1994 | Sold by Sotheby's |
References
Sotheby's Musical Instruments Auction Catalog, March 22, 1994, London, Sotheby's, Sotheby's, London (illustrated)- W. E. Hill & Sons Photographic Archive (illustrated)