Elizabeth Macquarie: Violoncello [1814]
Description: Early Nineteenth Century musical instrument; with a two-piece back of medium curl, original neck, fingerboard, pegs, bass bar and (probably) soundpost, with varnish of dark red brown colour.
Length of back: 760mm.
Maker: Thomas Kennedy (1784-1870).
Read the history of Elizabeth Macquarie's violoncello.
Purchased at auction by the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales in 1992. Collection of the Museum of Sydney on the site of first Government House, a property of the Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales.
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