Lyre Guitar
Object type: Lyre Guitar
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: French
Artist: Jean Charles
Artist bio: French, Marseilles active 1783–1786
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: French
Date: ca. 1785
Medium: Wood
Dimensions: ca. L. 80 cm (31-1/2 in.), ca. Max. W. 47.5 cm (18-11/16 in.), ca. Max D. 12 cm (4-11/16 in.)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
Geography:  Marseilles?   France  
Credit line: Gift of Joseph W. Drexel, 1889
Accession year: 1889