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Cittern (English guitar)

Cittern (English guitar)

(English, died 1798)
about 1770
Object PlaceLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueMaple, spruce, ebony
DimensionsLength 69 cm, width 29 cm (Length 27 3/16 in., width 11 7/16 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1747
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ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsStamped on back of headstock: [monogram: JRP] / PRESTON MAKER / LONDON; engraved on machine tuners: PRESTON INVENTOR
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)
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