Doc Rossi wrote: > Yes, but Anne was painted by a much more "serious" painter and was an > Artist herself. > Do you think it could be a Rauche? I was thinking Hintz. > I actually hadn't counted the pegs until DK spotted that it's > actually a waldzither (kidding). Maybe Wright couldn't/didn't > count... I have a photo of a pear-shaped cittern that's in the Haig > which has 8 pegs, strung 2x2 top and the rest single. > You mean the usual 10, don't you? >
Yes indeed! > On 12 Nov 2006, at 11:40, Stuart Walsh wrote: > > >> Doc Rossi wrote: >> >>> http://www.mezzo-mondo.com/arts/mm/wright/WRJ007.html >>> >>> original in the St. Louis Art Museum >>> >>> >>> >>> >> A good find! The instrument looks very convincing. A Rauche, maybe? >> But >> it's only got 9 pegs rather than the usual eleven (so: 3x2 + 3x1?). >> >> I think she is just holding the instrument; it's just a prop. Is her >> right hand behind the bridge? >> >> Her pose is similar to the Ann Ford portrait, looking out of frame, >> left >> and down but Ann Ford looks a more troubled woman! >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> > > > >
