Emanuel Whitmarsh
Violin maker
(b. c. 1840)
Emanuel Whitmarsh was a stonemason and self-taught violin maker who worked in Berwick Street, London from 1856 to 1885, where he repaired instruments for various dealers and produced a significant number of violins of good trade quality, utilizing various models and both oil and spirit varnish. In 1885, he moved to Kentish Town Road, followed by a relocation to Hackney in 1887, and finally established himself in Dalston in 1908, assisted by his son Edwin. Whitmarsh was awarded a silver medal at the Inventions Exhibition in London in 1885. His violins were typically catalogued at four to ten pounds
Price History
- The auction record for this maker is $8,218 in Feb 2004, for a violin.
- 120 auction price results.
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