Clarion in E-flat
ca. 1820
Medium
Wood, metal
Dimensions
Height: 60.5 cm Sounding length: 124 cm (to low B written) M/pc to RH 3rd hole: 48 cm Bore of base section: 16.9 mm Bore at barrel: 15 mm Mouthpiece to elbow: 15.5 cm Wing: 20.5 cm Butt: 27.5 cm Bass: 20.5 cm Bell length: 12 cm Bell diameter: 9.6 cm
Classification
Aerophone-Reed Vibrated-single reed cylindrical
Culture
American
Department
Musical Instruments
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, 1994
Accession Number
1994.365.1, .2
About the Artist
George Catlin · 1796–1872
George Catlin (1796–1872), born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, to Putnam Catlin and Polly Sutton—who had been captured by Native Americans during the 1778 Battle of Wyoming—initially pursued a legal career. Trained at Litchfield Law School, he was admitted to the bar in 1819 but abandoned law after two years to study art in Philadelphia in 1823. Self-taught as a portraitist, Catlin quickly gained ...