Cittern
Object type: Cittern
Department: Musical Instruments
Culture: British
Artist: Simpson
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: British
Date: ca. 1780–95
Medium: Wood, various materials
Dimensions: Total length:  75.6 cm (29-3/4 in.);  Fingerboard length: 22.5 cm (8-7/8 in.);  Fingerboard width - top/bottom:  4.7 / 5.5 cm (1-13/16 / 2-3/16 in.);  Body length:  35.5 cm (13-15/16 in.);  Body width - widest/narrowest:  28.8 / 5 cm (11-5/16 / 1-15/16 in.);  Body depth - neck/foot:  6 / 7.5 cm (2-3/8 / 2-15/16 in.);  Vibrating length of strings: 42.5 cm (16-3/4 in.);  Diameter of rosette:  8.6 cm (3-3/8 in.);  Bridge height: 1.8 cm (11/16 in.)
Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
Geography:  London  England United Kingdom  
Credit line: Gift of Joseph W. Drexel, 1889
Accession year: 1889