DURHAM CATHEDRAL ORGANS

Father Smith gallery


 
Bernard Smith's signature and seal 
(1 of 3 in the Durham records)
Signature
Specification
Smith's specification of the organ, 
as built in1686
Print by Christopher Ebdon 1769
Ebdon Print
Watercolour
Watercolour by Edmund Hastings 
(used as the basis of the better-known 
oil painting: The Assize Service in 1835)
Prints by R.W.Billings 1843: East front
Billings East
 West front 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Billings west
Allom
A rather more fanciful west 
front elevation by T.Allom, 1834
In the north Choir aisle: 1847 to 1873 
(Extract from contemporary photograph provided by Ian Curry)
On the floor
Reconstruction Reconstruction of west front 
in south aisle 
(Photograph by Tony Davies)
The Chaire case, 
now in Durham Castle, Tunstall Chapel
Chaire
Cherub2
Cherub1
Sunset   Heaven?

                More information about Durham Cathedral organs:
Booklet * Brief history * Stoplist * Recitals * The organists
The Cathedral Website (including forthcoming service music, and diary of events)


                    Another Father Smith organ in Co.Durham - Auckland Castle Chapel



              Page compiled by Richard Hird one wet Saturday afternoon in May 2002 [www.duresme.org.uk]