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    Richard Whitaker

    London, worked 1775

    Mysterious individual. Reported in the London Gazette of 16.9.1775 as a ‘fugitive surrendured’ to the Fleet prison, ‘late of Barbadoes in the West Indies, victualler and musical instrument maker’. Work presently unknown. — John Dilworth
    Worked London
    Made Violin
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    Auction Price History

    Highest auction price

    £360

    1 results

    Type Details Auction house Sold Price
    ViolinLabelled Richard Whitaker, Musical Instrument Maker at The ... Lot 104Brompton’sJune 2020£360est. £ 300-500

    Biographies

    The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:

    John Dilworth+

    WHITAKER, Richard Worked circa. 1775 London UK. Mysterious individual. Reported in the London Gazette of 16.9.1775 as a ‘fugitive surrendured’ to the Fleet prison, ‘late of Barbadoes in the West Indies, victualler and musical instrument maker’. Work presently unknown. Richard Whitaker / Musical Instrument Maker / at the French Horn and Tabor / in Fleet Street no.185 / London [Hill Archive]

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