Double-Barreled Percussion Shotgun

Double-Barreled Percussion Shotgun by Léopold Bernard|Louis Perrin

Medium

Steel, wood (walnut), silver

Dimensions

L. 46 3/5 in. (118.4 cm); L. of barrel 29 1/8 in. (73.9 cm)

Classification

Firearms

Culture

French, Paris

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Purchase, Rogers Fund, The Sulzberger Foundation Inc. Gift, Gifts of William H. Riggs, Bill and Joyce Anderson, Charles M. Schott Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. de Forest, William B. Osgood Field, Christian A. Zabriskie, Dr. Albert T. Weston, Henry Victor Burgy, and Bequest of Alan Rutherfurd Stuyvesant, by exchange, and The Collection of Giovanni P. Morosini, presented by his daughter Giulia, John Stoneacre Ellis Collection, Gift of Mrs. Ellis and Augustus Van Horne Ellis, and Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, funds from various donors, by exchange, 1991

Accession Number

1991.5

Tags

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About the Artist

Léopold Bernard|Louis Perrin (French|French) · 1832 |1823 1870 |1865

French, Paris, active 1832–70|French, Paris, active 1823–65

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