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Document identity
localId
98641
label
Lyre Guitar or Lirachitara
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
98641
contentType
object
title
Lyre Guitar or Lirachitara
date
c. 1800–1825
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79485116
creators
18348
genreSpecific
Musical Instrument
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 32.7 x 78.1 cm (12 7/8 x 30 3/4 in.)
cul
France, 19th century
accession
1918.341
Source extras
tec
varnished wood
tombstone
Lyre Guitar or Lirachitara, c. 1800–1825. M. C. Mousset (French). Varnished wood; overall: 32.7 x 78.1 cm (12 7/8 x 30 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Charles G. King Jr. collection; Gift of Ralph King in memory of Charles G. King Jr., 1918.341
collection
Decorative Arts
inscriptions
inscription
inscribed within sound box: "M. C. Mousset."
citations
citation
"Accessions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 5, no. 8/9 (1918): 82-85.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 82
citation
D. S. M. "Exhibition of Musical Instruments." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 8, no. 9 (1921): 134-43.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 134-137
citation
Borowitz, Helen O. “Two Nineteenth-Century Muse Portraits.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 66, no. 6 (September 1979): 246–267.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 258; Reproduced: p. 261, fig. 16
creditline
The Charles G. King Jr. collection; Gift of Ralph King in memory of Charles G. King Jr.
updatedAt
2026-05-29 11:27:00.396000
sourceId
98641
dept
Decorative Art and Design
coll
Decorative Arts
med
varnished wood
creatorTags
male
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1
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0
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photo
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