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Description
Elise Fellows White inscribed the reverse of this painting with a note, “This was drawn by E.F. when eleven to twelve years old. My Maggini violin. Sold in 1922 in N.Y.” Reports indicate White sold the violin for $200, equal to $3,500 in 2024.
White’s patron, Aimee Sargent of Massachusetts, purchased the Maggini violin for her while Fellows-White was a student at the New England Conservatory in Boston. While perhaps an 1890s copy instrument, Sargent had the means to buy a genuine 17th-century Giovanni Paolo Maggini (1580-circa 1630) violin from Italy.
About This Item
- Title: Drawing of violin, ca. 1883
- Creator: Elise Fellows White
- Creation Date: circa 1883
- Subject Date: circa 1883
- Location: ME
- Media: Watercolor on paper
- Dimensions: 34.3 cm x 18.7 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 2504 Music (Box 21, Folder 6)
- Object Type: Physical Object
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