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Flute
Maker:
William Whiteley (1791–1869)
Date:
1810–53
Medium:
Cocuswood, silver, pewter
Dimensions:
669mm/589mm
Classification:
Aerophone-Blow Hole-side-blown flute (transverse)
Credit Line:
Gift of Robert Alonzo Lehman, 1991
Accession Number:
1991.349.57a, b
Not on view
Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings
Marking:
WM WHITELEY/UTICA
Provenance
Robert Alonzo Lehman
References
4900 Historical Woodwind Instruments
:
An Inventory of 200 Makers in International Collections
. Phillip T. Young. London, 1993, pg. 253.
Department
Musical Instruments (5,298)
Artist / Maker / Culture
William Whiteley (3)
Object Type / Material
Aerophones (2,227)
Flutes (1,028)
Granadilla (38)
Metal (70,084)
Musical instruments (5,344)
Pewter (900)
Rosewood (316)
Silver (15,189)
Wood (13,988)
Date / Era
A.D. 1800–1900 (108,089)
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