Quinton
Peter Wamsley
ca. 1750
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
Body L. 34 cm (13-3/8 in.); String L. 32 cm (12-9/16 in.); Total L. 61.5 cm (24-1/4 in.); Upper bouts16 cm (16-5/16 in.); Middle bouts 11 cm (4-5/16 in.); Lower bouts 20 cm (7-7/8 in.); D. at tail 4.3 cm (1-11/16 in.)
Classification
Chordophone-Lute-bowed-unfretted
Culture
British
Department
Musical Instruments
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Louis C. and Craig P. Baker Gift, Clara Mertens Bequest, in memory of André Mertens, Rogers Fund, and The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, by exchange, 1990
Accession Number
1990.218.2