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Georges Antoine Baudouin (French, 1736–1816)
about 1820
Object Place: Paris, France

Medium/Technique Pearwood, leather, brass
Dimensions Length 85 cm (33 7/16 in.)
Credit Line Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession Number17.1954
ClassificationsMusical instrumentsAerophones

InscriptionsStamped inside bell: BAUDOUIN
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (1858-1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (1858-1922), Boston, Massachusetts; 1916, gift of William Lindsey, in memory of his daughter, Leslie Lindsey Mason, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)