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Fernando Sor (1778-1839), the Spanish virtuoso and composer, came to England in that year and helped spread the popularity of this instrument. Among the earliest London-based makers of Spanish guitars was the highly influential Louis Panormo (1784-1862).This example could either have been made in his workshop or by a London maker working in his style.","physicalDescription":"'Back of four pieces of rosewood with intervening stringing in two woods. The sides similarly constructed. The belly is of two pieces of spruce, with geometrical decoration round the soundhole in mother-of-pearl and various other woods. Spanish bridge is for six single strings. Slipper neck block. Plain neck with rosewood fingerboard, seventeen nickel-silver frets, and wedge-shaped head with machine tuning stamped with a design and VR surmounted by a crown' - Anthony Baines:<i> Catalogue of Musical Instruments in the Victoria and Albert Museum - Part II: Non-keyboard instruments. </i> (London, 1998), p. 60.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"Made","id":"x28690"},"note":"See"}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"rosewood","id":"AAT12424"},{"text":"pine","id":"AAT12620"},{"text":"rosewood","id":"AAT12424"},{"text":"mother-of-pearl","id":"AAT11835"},{"text":"nickel-silver","id":"AAT242125"}],"techniques":[{"text":"planing","id":"AAT53863"},{"text":"joining","id":"AAT137062"},{"text":"carving","id":"AAT53149"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"planed and joined rosewood back, planed rosewood sides; spruce soundboard; rosewood fingerboard with nickel-silver frets; mother-of-pearl patterns along edge of soundboard.","categories":[{"text":"Musical instruments","id":"THES48919"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"FWK","id":"THES48597"},"images":["2010ED5866","2010ED6498","2010ED6497","2010ED6496","2010ED6495","2010ED6494","2010ED6493","2010ED5872","2010ED5871","2010ED5870","2010ED5869","2010ED5868","2010ED5867"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"002","id":"THES341733"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Guitar","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"Made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"about 1840","earliest":"1840-01-01","latest":"1840-12-31"},"association":{"text":"Made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by H. 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