Title: Alexander Violin
Object type: Alexander Violin
Date: late 19th century
Culture: American
Artist:  Sylvanus J. Talbott 
Artist bio: Brookline, Massachusetts, 1838–1924 Milford, New Hampshire
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Inventor
Medium: Wood, various materials
Dimensions: Total Length: 53.6 cm (21-1/16 in.) 
Body Length: 45.7 cm (17-9/16 in.) 
Greatest width: 12.8 cm (5-1/16 in.) 
String Length between nuts: 44.2 cm (17-7/16 in.)
Bow Length: ca 68.4 cm (26-15/16 in.)
Classification: Chordophone-Zither-bowed
Credit line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Geography:  Milford New Hampshire  United States      
Department: Musical Instruments
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY