American bass viol

William Green (American, active 1798–1817)

1807

Object PlaceMedway, Massachusetts, United States

Medium/TechniqueMaple, pine

DimensionsLength 120.5 cm, width 43.3 cm (Length 47 7/16 in., width 17 1/16 in.)

Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds donated anonymously

Accession number2009.2222

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ClassificationsMusical instruments

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InscriptionsHandwritten label: Bass Viols made and sold by / William Green Medway / 1807 Provenance1940, purchased by Chester W. Hammond (seller's father) for his daughter in Waterville, Maine; since 1941, played by Dorothy Chamberlain, South Paris, Maine; 2009, sold by Chamberlain to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 25, 2009)