Godfrey Kopp letter to Mrs. John Crosby Brown plus inventories, 1896.

Kopp, Godfrey.

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Brown, Mary Elizabeth, 1842-1918

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Mary Elizabeth Brown (Mrs. John Crosby Brown) was a collector of musical instruments from all over the world. According to the introduction to the catalog of the Crosby Brown collection, it was her intention to bring together specimens of all the representative musical instruments known to have been used by man. Her collection of nearly 300 instruments was donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1889 with the stipulation that during her lifetime she would have charge of the arrangement of t...

Stradivari, Antonio, approximately 1644-1737

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Dalla Valle di Pomaro, Alessandro, marchese

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