Guitar, by Christian Frederick Martin, before 1867
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Guitar

Maker Christian Frederick Martin (Markneukirchen, Saxony 1796–1873 Nazareth, Pennsylvania)

before 1867

Medium
Spruce, rosewood, ebony, nickel-silver
Classification
Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
Dimensions
Height: 35 11/16 in. (90.6 cm) Width: 11 1/8 in. (28.3 cm) Depth: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Culture
American
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Musical Instruments
Credit line
Gift of Esther Khafif Haddad and Alan M. Haddad, 2012
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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