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Violin

(English, active 1830s)
about 1840
Object PlaceBristol, England
Medium/TechniqueMaple, spruce, ebony
DimensionsLength 59.7 cm (23 1/2 in.)
Credit LineArthur Tracy Cabot Fund
Accession number2006.818
On View
On view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
Provenance2002, sold by an auction house through private treaty, London, England, to Tony Bingham, London, England; 2006, sold by Bingham to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 25, 2006)
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