Percussion Longrifle

Joseph Douglass Jr.

ca. 1840–50

Percussion Longrifle by Joseph Douglass Jr.

Medium

Steel, wood (curly maple, ash), brass, silver

Dimensions

L. 56 3/4 in. (144.1 cm); L. of barrel 41 13/16 in. (106.2 cm); Cal. .39 in. (9.9 mm); Wt. 11 lb. (4989.5 g)

Classification

Firearms-Guns-Percussion

Culture

American, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania

Department

Arms and Armor

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Marion Eppley, 1956

Accession Number

56.164.4

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