Guitar-shaped violin
Elbridge Gerry Shaw
(American, 1827–1912)
1882
Object PlaceWaterloo, Quebec, Canada
Medium/TechniqueMaple, spruce, ebony
DimensionsOverall (estimate): 20 × 60 cm (7 7/8 × 23 5/8 in.)
Credit LineGift of the descendants of Wynifred Shaw Foisie
Accession number2019.505
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Provenance1882, made by Elbridge Gerry Shaw (b. 1827 – d. 1912), Waterloo, Quebec; by descent to his son, Elbridge Manning Shaw (b. 1865 – d. 1913), Barnet, VT and Spokane/Seattle, WA; to his widow, Emily Brewster Shaw (b. 1861); 1930s, by descent to her daughter, Wynifred Shaw Foisie (b. 1891 – d. 1970), Seattle; by 1970, by descent to her son, Philip Manning Foisie (b. 1922 – d. 1995), Alexandria, VA; to his widow, Margaruitte van Tschurin Foisie (b. 1926 – d. 2017); 2017, to the Margaruitte V. Foisie Trust; 2019, gift of The Margaruitte V. Foisie Trust to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 24, 2019)
late 19th century
mid 18th century
19th century