John Dilworth
EVANS, Richard Worked from 1730 Anglesey, Wales & c.1749-1763 London UK. Maker of violins and Welsh harps. Label cited in Hill Archive: Made in the Parish of / Lanirhengel by Richard / Evans Instrument maker, / in the year 1742
George Hart
His label is a curiosity— Maid in the Paris of Lanirhengel, by Richard Evans, Instrument maker, in the year 17—
William Meredith Morris
I have seen two violins supposed to be by him, in North Wales. I have never seen the instrument by him which is reputed to have the following label in it : —
MAID IN THE PARIS OF ANIRHENCEL BY RICHARD EVANS, INSTRUMENT MAKER, IN THE YEAR 1742
For ” Anirhengel ” Hart reads ” Lanirhengel.” I do not think either of the two readings is correct. Probably the true reading would be ” Llanfihangel.” Richard Evans was no doubt illiterate, but we will give him credit for a smattering of his native tongue. English people will mangle Welsh place names, and create difficulties where none exist. ” Abergwynfi,” the romantic little Welsh village where the author lives, is plain and musical enough, but I have often been puzzled to know where I really live when I receive letters from my monoglot Saxon friends with the name spelt in one of the following barbarous ways : — ” Abergoynfi,” ” Abergynfi,”” ” Abergwnfi,” ” Abergwynff,” &c.
Cecie Stainer
A maker in London about 1742-50. Was rather illiterate judging by a label in an instrument reconstructed by him: “Maid in the Paris of Anirhengel by Richard Evans, instrument maker, in the year 1742.”
Willibald Leo Lütgendorff
Der Zettel fand sich in einem Instrument, das nach Sandys und Forster’s Meinung sicher älter warals das angegebene Datum; es konnte aber auch Evans ein älteres Instrument copirt haben.
