harp

Per wikipedia: The Trinity College harp (also known as Brian Boru's Harp) is a medieval musical instrument on display in the long room at Trinity College Dublin in Ireland. It is an early Irish harp or wire strung cláirseach. It is dated to the 14th or 15th century and, along with the Queen Mary Harp and the Lamont Harp, is one of the three oldest surviving Gaelic harps.[1] The harp was used as a model for the coat of arms of Ireland.

My attempt at reading the handwritten bit below: This harp dates from about A.D. 1400 AD. It is believed by Petrie (???) to have been used for ecclesiastical(?) purposes. It bears the ??? of O’Neil, and the symbol HIS in Gothic letters. It was actually played in the streets(?) of Limerick by Arthur O’Neil in 1760.

Currently on display (in restored form) in the Long Room:

Niall McAuley Later in the wiki article: In 1961 the harp was exhibited in London, and it was dismantled and reconstructed by the British Museum into the wider shape it has nowadays, being the playable mediaeval form. The earlier heraldic and trade mark designs that were modelled on it were based on a thinner form that was the result of a bad restoration in the 1830s. Visitors are therefore often surprised at how wide the real harp is, compared to the harp on Irish coins.

"Petrie" on the handwritten label is George Petrie (1 January 1790 – 17 January 1866), an Irish painter, musician, antiquary and archaeologist en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Petrie_(artist) Script below is: "See Petrie in Preface to Bunting's Ancient Music of Ireland Ed. 1840"

Alberto Salvi From www.harp.com/history-of-the-harp/ "Alberto Salvi (Italy, 1893-1983), renowned harpist, performed many solo concerts in a time when more harpists were accompanists; performed in many operas; recorded with RCA Victor and was popular on radio." See adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/talent/detail/28394/Salvi_... and www.loc.gov/jukebox/artists/detail/id/1140/

This photo was printed in Good Housekeeping, Volume 76, May 1923. books.google.com/books?id=eFcjAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA5-PA103&a... In his brother's 2015 obituary chicago.suntimes.com/news/victor-salvi-lyon-healy-owner-k..., Alberto was mentioned as having been dubbed "Wizard of the Harp." That phrase certainly finds lots of hits in newspapers. The Madison daily leader., October 25, 1919, page 3 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn99062034/1919-10-25/ed-... has an article on Salvi as a child prodigy and as a current star.

The Logan Republican., February 01, 1921, Page 5 printed this photo as well chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058246/1921-02-01/ed-...

This might help. It would appear to be for the 1903 visit and was in Leeson Street. archiseek.com/2012/1903-royal-triumphal-arch-leeson-stree...

Mike Grimes It certainly does, Mike, thanks a million! I'm presuming then that this was taken from Upper Leeson Street towards Lower Leeson Street and Stephen's Green.

Wow! these were temporary structures, here you will see a version in the exact same location for a visit in 1900. Temporary gateway erected for the visit of Queen Victoria to Dublin in 1900. A ceremonial affair, the Queen was to enter the city boundaries and be given the keys to the city by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen. Described in The Irish Times as “the old city gates, a handsome representation of which is to be erected at the entrance of the municipal boundary at Leeson Street Bridge”.

COMPLAINT I have noticed that there has been a serious Anti Canidae editorial shift over the last few weeks.

A description of the preparations for the visit from Times (London) July 21st 1903. Of architectural decorations, of huge triumphal arches, and replicas of ancient buildings there are perhaps not so many as usual. Indeed, a model of the ancient city gate at Leeson-street-bridge is the only example of that kind of edifice. But behind these substantial and by no means alway satisfactory efforts every conceivable thing has been done, and done with haste. The very statues have been dressed and washed, and, as is notorious, the statues in Dublin are very fine. Nelson on a colossal pillar dominates Sackville-street or O'Connell-street - it bears both names in common parlance - and from Nelson to the houses on either side depend great strings of flags. Father Mathew, virgin white, stands behind Nelson, and at the other end of the street stands the huge statue of O'Connell, which was being carefully cleansed this morning. On either side of the roads were masts with interlacing festoons of parti-coloured rosettes and flags without number. ... O'Connell's bridge promises to be a glory in the way of illuminations, which the waters of the Liffey, in spite of their dull and malodourous nature, will reflect from their surface The visit was not without controversy - Dublin corporation refused to have anything to do with the visit. The Times (London) July 22nd 1903 the following day describing the procession itself: Above the city end of the bridge towered the simulacrum of the ancient city gate, and beyond it was a stand thronged with people. Here the welcome was prodigious, and for a moment those who saw it were reminded of Queen Victoria's State entry of 1900. But they were reminded of it in a very unpleasant fashion. Today, as then, the roar of cheers from the far side announced the coming of the royal guest some minutes before the head of the procession hove into sight. This time, as before, the welcome from the stands and the surrounding throng was grand and inspiring; but this time the formal civic welcome, the picturesque formal incident of the Sovereign to the metropolis of Ireland, was most lamentably conspicuous by its absence.