Miquelet Sporting Gun for the Prince Regent of Portugal, João VI (1767–1826)
Jacintho Xavier
dated 1802
Medium
Steel, gold, wood, horn
Dimensions
L. 55 3/8 in. (140.8 cm); L. of barrel 40 13/16 in. (103.7 cm); W. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm); Wt. 5 lb. 13.4 oz. (2646 g); L. of ramrod 40 1/8 in. (102 cm)
Classification
Firearms-Guns-Miquelet
Culture
Portuguese, Lisbon
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2017
Accession Number
2017.15