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Lyre guitar

(French, born in 1776)
about 1805
Object PlaceParis, France
Medium/TechniqueMahogany, spruce, ebony
DimensionsLength 78 cm, width 33.6 cm (Length 30 11/16 in., width 13 1/4 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1768
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ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsPrinted label on inside of back below each soundhole: PONS, fils, / LUTHIER, / Rue du Grand Hurleur; / No. 5 / A PARIS, an 18
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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