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The Wynnstay Organ

The Wynnstay Organ (© National Museum Cardiff)

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Robert Adam (1728 - 1792)

National Museum Cardiff

1773 - 1775

Designed by Robert Adam and made by John Snetzler. The paint work and gilding on the case is thought to have been executed in the workshop of Robert Ansell.


  • Medium: wood, gesso & ormolu
  • Dimensions: 411.4 x 323 x 104.8cm
  • Art Fund Grant: £65000 ( Total: £286,000)
  • ArtFunded in: 1995
  • Vendor: Phillips at Lindisfarne College

Provenance

Commissioned by Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn for the Music Room, 20 St Jame's Square, London in 1773; installed by May 1775 moved to Wynnstay, Ruabon, 1864-5; sold to Lindisfarne College, c.1950.


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