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Violin

(American, 1787–1860)
1853
Object PlaceChester, New Hampshire, United States
Medium/TechniqueMaple, pine
DimensionsLength 58.5 cm, width 21 cm (Length 23 1/16 in., width 8 1/4 in.)
Credit LineFrank B. Bemis Fund
Accession number1987.8
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsPrinted label (glued upside down from traditional orientation): MOSES A. TEWKESBURY, / MANUFACTURER AND REPAIRER OF / Bass & Double Bass Viols & Violins, / CHESTER, N. H. / [handwritten: 1853] / MANUFACTURED 184
Provenance1987, sold by Harold Priest, Damariscotta, Maine, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 21, 1987)
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