Double-Barrel Breech-Loading Pinfire Shotgun
Medium
Steel, wood (walnut), gold
Dimensions
L. 43 13/16 in. (111.3 cm); L. of barrels 28 in. (71.1 cm); Cal. of barrels .70 in. (17.8 mm); Wt. 7 lb. 7.6 oz. (3390 g)
Classification
Firearms-Guns-Wheellock
Culture
French, Paris
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, The Sulzberger Foundation Inc. Gift and Rogers Fund; Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, Funds from various donors, Gift of William H. Riggs, The Collection of Giovanni P. Morosini, presented by his daughter Giulia, and Gift of Charles M. Schott Jr., by exchange; and gifts and funds from various donors, 1993
Accession Number
1993.415
Tags
About the Artist
Léopold Bernard|J. C. A. Brun|Jean-Claude Tissot|François-Auguste Fannière|François-Joseph-Louis Fannière (French|French) · 1832 |1823 –1870 |1865
French, Paris, active 1832–70|French, Paris, active 1823–65