A Handsome Organ of eight Stops made by Low in Philada. & purchased for the Museum by the Proprietor cost $1000

Object Status:

Unlocated

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 27

Additional Source Text:

Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia), 8 Jan 1808 reads: "J. Low."

Notes:

For the organ made by Philadelphia instrument-maker John Low, see Selected Papers, 2, part 2: 1018, 1051, and Autobiography, p. 361. It was installed in a niche on the north wall of the Long Room of the State House, visible in the detail from the Peales' watercolor.