Music - String Instruments

8/13/2019 Music - String Instruments

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William Jackson (17301803)by Thomas Gainsborough, c.17621765


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Harp

c. 1700(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)


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Irish Harp (Clirseach)

by John Kelly 1734(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)


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Welsh Triple Harp (Telyn Deires)

by John Richard c. 1750(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)


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French Pedal Harp

c. 1770 - 1790(Colonial Williamsburg)


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English Aeolian Harp (London)



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Pennsylvanian Zither

1788(Colonial Williamsburg)


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Italian Violin (Milan)



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English Violin (London)



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Tortoise - Shell Violin & Case Purchased by Maria Theresia

Wenzel Kowansky 1749(Kunst Historisches Museum Wien)


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German Dancing Masters Violin

by Christian Phillip Blumenhagen 1753(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
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English Violinc. 1760 - 1770

(Colonial Williamsburg)


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Italian Violin (Mantua)



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Italian Violin (Naples)



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German Violin (Munich)



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French Violin

by Nicolas Augustin Chappuy 1778(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)
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Self Portrait

Hugh Barron c. 1768(Yale Center for British Art)


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GROWN GENTLEMEN taught to DANCEby Robert Sayer 1768


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Italian Viola (Brescia)



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English Tenor Viola

by Richard Blunt c. 1600(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)


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English Bass Viola

by Richard Meares of London 1677(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)


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English Bass Viola

by Barak Norman 1713(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)


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French Viola

by Jean Oubrard 1746(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)


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French Bass Viola

by Claude Pierray c. 1710(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)


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German Tenor Viola

by Johann Joseph Elsler c. 1725 - 1750(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)


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English Viola

by Joseph Hill c. 1750 - 1760(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)


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French Cither Viol

by Francois Vaillian 1721(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)


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English Kit Violin (London)



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English Violincello (London)



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Portrait of Giacomo Cervetto

Johann Zo!any(Private Collection)


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A Caricature Group: Sir Charles Turner, Mr. Cook, Mr. John Woodyeare, and Rev. Dr. William Drake

by Sir Joshua Reynolds c. 1751(Rhode Island School of Design Museum)


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The Humorous Fiddler

by Jonathan Spilsbury 1767(Ex Collection Hon. Christopher Lennox - Boyd)


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German Fiddle (Husla)

18th Century(Museum of Fine Art, Boston)


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A Dance

by Thomas Worlidge c. 1720 - 1766(The British Museum)


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English CitternPossibly by Petrus Rautta c. 1579


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English Cittern

by John Preston c. 1770(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)


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English Arch - Cittern

by Remerus Liessem 1757(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)


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English CitternLate 18th Century

(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)


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English CitternLate 18th Century

(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)


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Domestic Employment Playing On the Guitar

1764(Lewis Walpole Library)


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Mrs. Wilmot in a Riding Dressby John Wright of Derby c. 1766


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Woman with Lute and Plutto

by F. de Wit, Engraved by Walerant Vaillant after Fareris c. 1675(Colonial Williamsburg)


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THE ALDERMAN TURTLE AND GRUEL / SIGNOR GRUNTINELL...

by M. Darley 1774(Colonial Williamsburg)


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