Catalogue of The Special Exhibition of Ancient Musical Instruments: Museum Object and Cultural History
Catalogue of The Special Exhibition of Ancient Musical Instruments: Date made: 1872. maker: Strangeways, John. Object Name: Book.
The object in the museum catalogue
Book from the science and art department of South Kensington Museum, cataloging the special exhibition of ancient Musical Instruments, with 15 photographic prints of different instruments.
Inside the front cover are the bookplates of James E. Matthew and Michel Angelo Lambertini N. 1896.
There is also a loose sheet at the Table of Contents concerning the "Illustrated Catalogue" by Henry Cole, Director dated April 1873.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date made: 1872
- maker: Strangeways, John
- Object Name: Book
- Object Name: book
- Measurements: overall: 28 cm x 22 cm x 1 cm; 11 in x 8 11/16 in x 3/8 in
- place made: United Kingdom: England, London
- Subject: Books
- ID Number: PG.77.14.21
- catalog number: 77.14.21
- accession number: 299134
- Credit Line: Albert Boni
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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