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Alto flute in F

(English, active 1803–1834)
about 1810
Object PlaceLondon, England
Medium/TechniqueBoxwood, ivory, silver-plated bronze
DimensionsLength 91.1 cm (35 7/8 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.1859
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsStamped on headjoint: G / FLUTE; stamped on upper bodyjoint: [crown] / WILLM / BAINBRIDGE / FECIT / 34 WINDMILL ST / FINSBURY SQE. / LONDON; stamped on lower bodyjoint and footjoint: [crown] / WILLM / BAINBRIDGE / FECIT
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)