DHV:
877
Tourin ID:
VIC 01
Size:
Bass
Place Made:
Maker:
GB
London
John
Rose
Date:
1580 C
Label Text:
John Rose [handwritten]
Body Shape:
Viol
Current Location:
GB
London
No. of Strings:
6
Collection:
Victoria & Albert Museum
Sound Holes:
C
Catalog Number:
803-1877
Head:
Open scroll
Private Owner:
Previous Owner:
Measurements:
Body Length:
71
String Length:
73
Rib Depth:
12.9
Upper Width:
33.1
Middle Width:
24.5
Bottom Width:
40.1
Information
Source:
Fleming 2001: VME 34; PT visit 6/77
Literature:
MacCracken 2011, p. 73 (FB+S); Fleming 2001: VME 34; Pringle 1978, pp. 506-7; Baines 1968, p. 3
Photographs:
On museum’s website (FB+SS, head front; also many details in color); Fleming & Bryan 2016, pl. 7 (head side [color]); Fleming 2001: VME F34 (front body only), L25 (head side) [both color]; Woodfield & Robinson 2001, p. 672 (front); Pringle 1978, pp. 506-7 (F+B, label); Baines 1968, fig. 2 (front 3/4)
Recordings:
Auctions:
Comments:
Pringle 1978: only viol possibly by Rose Sr.; but label like 1598 Rose lyra at Ashmolean. Considerable damage to all parts of body, and distortion of back. 5-piece table. Bass bar probably original, also pegbox and central part of fingerboard. Tailpiece maybe original, hookbar not. Converted to a cello, probably in 18th C; reconverted to a viol, presumably by W. Gilkes, 1860. (“Repaird by W. Gilkes / 14 Charlwood St. / Vauxhall Rd. Pimlico London / 1860” [handwritten; next to top end of bass bar].) Purchased at Puttick & Simpson on 6/28/1877 (lot 293): “Viola-da-Gamba. With six strings. Attributed to John Rose, about 1560. Back cracked.” Fleming 2001: original neck, double purfling on front, none on back. Body “damaged and in poor and declining condition.” Baines 1968: no side linings; neck has been narrowed; dimensions 70.5, 33.5/24.0/39.0, 13.0, 73.0 (also used by Tourin). Website: ca. 1600. Drawing by Pringle (1978) available from museum.