page_title: Joseph Richardson (musician)
hierarchical_section_title: Joseph Richardson (musician)
caption_attribution_description: English: Joseph Richardson &amp; Sons
context_page_description: Joseph Richardson was an English stonemason and self-taught musician from Keswick, Cumbria, who gained notoriety in Victorian times after building an elaborate lithophone with which he and his sons – performing as the 'Richardson & Sons, Rock, Bell and Steel Band' – toured the UK and Europe, giving numerous concerts, including one in London for Queen Victoria.
  He is buried in London, at the Kensal Green Cemetery.
context_section_description: Joseph Richardson  (c. 1790 – 8 April 1855) was an English stonemason and self-taught musician from Keswick, Cumbria, who gained notoriety in Victorian times after building an elaborate lithophone (the most famous of the Musical Stones of Skiddaw) with which he and his sons – performing as the 'Richardson & Sons, Rock, Bell and Steel Band' – toured the UK and Europe, giving numerous concerts, including one in London for Queen Victoria.
  He is buried in London, at the Kensal Green Cemetery.
caption: Joseph Richardson and his sons
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