Alexander Kennedy
Highest auction price
£2,700
Auction price history
Type | Details | Sold | Price |
---|---|---|---|
Violin | 36.0 cm London, 1740 c. | Thu 1st December 2011 | £1,020 |
Violin | 35.6 cm London, 1744 | Sun 1st March 2009 | £1,680 |
Violin | 1743 | Tue 1st July 2003 | £2,700 |
Violin | 1747 | Tue 1st June 1993 | £990 |
Violin | 1747 | Wed 1st September 1982 | £308 |
Biographies
John Dilworth
KENNEDY, Alexander Born 1699 Scotland, Worked 1730-1785 London UK. Pupil of Nathaniel Cross and teacher of his nephew John Kennedy, below. Worked in Market Street, off Oxford Street (now Great Titchfield Street), London. High-arched Stainer model typical of London trade work of the period. Good workmanship with thin yellow-brown varnish. Signed internally. Alexander Kennedy Maker / made for Nath.ll Cross / November the 6 1744 / in Oxford Market London. Made by Alexander Kennedy / in Oxford Market, London / July 10th, 1747 Alexander Kennedy, musical Instrument / maker, living in Market Street, in / Oxford Street, London. 1749. [BVMA]
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