Violin

Ira Johnson White (1813–1895)

1835

Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States

Medium/TechniqueMaple, spruce, ebony

DimensionsLength 61 cm, width 20.6 cm (Length 24 in., width 8 1/8 in.)

Credit LineFrank B. Bemis Fund

Accession number1987.3

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ClassificationsMusical instruments

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InscriptionsPrinted label: MADE BY / IRA J. WHITE, / BOSTON. [handwritten: 1835]; In ink on back: I J White.

ProvenanceBy about 1915, John A. Gould & Sons (Violin Makers, Dealers and Repairers), Boston, Massachusetts; about 1965, sold by John A. Gould & Sons to Harold Priest, Damariscotta, Maine; 1987, sold by Priest to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 21, 1987)