Bass tuba in E-flat
Gilmore, Graves & Co.
(American, active 1864–1866)
1864–66
Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueNickel silver
DimensionsLength 116.8 cm (46 in.)
Credit LineFoster Charitable Fund
Accession number1996.112
On View
Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
Collections
Provenance1996, sold by Robert E. Sheldon, Washington, DC, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 26, 1996)
about 1903–08
About 1903–08
about 1910
mid-19th century
19th century
about 1880
late 19th century
1874–76
about 1865
about 1835
19th century