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Guitar-shaped violin
Guitar-shaped violin

Guitar-shaped violin

19th century
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueMaple, spruce, ebony
DimensionsLength 34.1 cm, width 17.7 cm (Length 13 7/16 in., width 6 15/16 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1728
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)