Aeolian harp
1825–50
Object PlaceProbably United States
Medium/TechniquePine
DimensionsLength 74.8 cm, width 13.7 cm, height 10.6 cm (Length 29 7/16 in., width 5 3/8 in., height 4 3/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Sarah Norton
Accession number12.1531
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Not on viewClassificationsMusical instruments
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ProvenanceBefore 1829, Catherine Eliot née Atkins (1758-1829), who was married to Samuel Eliot (1748/9-1820), a distinguished Boston merchant and president of the Massachusetts Bank; 1829, by descent to her daughter, Mrs. Andrews Norton (Catherine Atkins Eliot, b. 1793), Boston, Massachusetts; before 1908, by descent to her son, Charles Eliot Norton (1829-1908), a professor of fine art at Harvard University; after 1908, by descent to his daughter, Sarah Norton (b. 1865), Boston, Massachusetts; 1912, gift of Sarah Norton to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 22, 2007)
19th century
late 19th century
18th century
about 1700
19th century
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19th century
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18th century
late 19th century