Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2012
The Acquisitions
Musical Instruments: July 2011–June 2012
Clarinet in C
about 1830
William Whiteley
Length: 60.6 cm (23 7/8 in.)
Boxwood, ivory, brass
Classification: Musical instruments
Object Place: Utica, New York, United States
Accession number: 2012.269
Description: 6 keys
Provenance/Ownership History: 2008, sold by Sidney Glickman, Riverdale, New York, to Robert E. Eliason, Hanover, New Hampshire; 2012, gift of Eliason to the MFA. (Accession Date: May 30, 2012)
Gift of Robert E. and Ellen I. Eliason