Category:Lyre Guitar (ca. 1805) by Pons fils (Joseph Pons), Paris, France. MET 1998.121

Joseph Pons (probably) (ca.1805). [1998.121] Lyre Guitar. Paris, France. Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, since 1998, Accession Number: 1998.121 , ObjectID: 180015274.
" Maker: Possibly Joseph Pons (French, born 1776) (probably a son of César Pons) ",
" Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings: Marking: (printed label within ornamental border) “Pons, fils/luthier,/Rue du Grand Hurleur/No. 5/A Paris, an 13.”; (stamped on front of pegbox and on soundboard just below fingerboard) “Pons fils/à Paris” ",
" [Description] This form of the guitar was created about 1785. The columnar arms supporting the yoke are veneered in mahogany. The guitar has six single courses of strings. A printed label inside the instrument reads: “Pons / fils / luthier, / Rue du Grand Hurleur / No. 5 / A Paris, an 13.” The phrase “an 13” refers to the thirteenth year (1804–1805) of the French Revolutionary Calendar. ",
"Renaissance paintings by Lorenzo Costa and Raffaellino Garbo show lyre-guitars held upright (possibly interpretations of incised strings in classical bas-reliefs), as they were properly held by the player. Essentially, the lyre-guitar was a modified version of the lyre of antiquity, but with a fingerboard and six strings. English lyre-guitars were sold from 1811 as the six-string "Apollo" lyre of Edward Light and the twelve-string "Imperyal Lyre" of Angelo Benedetto Ventura. "

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