English guittar
On display
Details
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Title
English guittar
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Artist/maker
John Preston (active 1774 - died 1798) -
Associated place
London (place of creation) -
Date
1734 - 1770 -
Material and technique
pine, sycamore, ivory, ebony, brass, metal
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Object type
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Dimensions
67 cm (length)
35.2 cm body (length)
29 cm body max. (back) (width)
5.4 cm body (neck) (depth)
7.25 cm body (tail) (depth)
42.1 cm string (length) -
No. of items
1
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Credit line
Presented by Mr A. Phillips Hill, in accordance with the wishes of Arthur and Alfred Hill, 1948.
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Museum location
Second floor | Gallery 48 | Still-life Paintings -
Museum department
Western Art
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Accession no.
WA1948.129
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Further reading
Boyden, David D., The Hill Collection of Musical Instruments in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford/OUP, 1969), 34
Whiteley, Jon, Stringed Instruments: Viols, Violins, Citterns, and Guitars in the Ashmolean Museum, Ashmolean Handbooks (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2008), 94, illus. 94-95
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