Dimensions:L. 52 1/8 in. (132.4 cm); L. of barrel 41 3/4 in. (106 cm); Cal. .66 in. (16.8 mm); Wt. 10 lb. 2 oz. (4593 g)
Classification:Firearms-Guns-Wheellock
Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1904
Accession Number:04.3.184
Ralph Bernal, London (until d. 1854; his estate sale, The Celebrated Collection of Works of Art…of that distinguished collector, Ralph Bernal, Esq, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, March 5–April 30, 1855, no. 2337, for £37 to Londesborough); Albert Denison, 1st Lord Londesborough, Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England (1855–d. 1860; by descent to his son, the 1st Earl of Londesborough); William Henry Forester Denison, 1st Earl of Londesborough, Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England (1860–88; Armour and Arms…of the Right Hon. Earl of Londesborough, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, July 4–9, 1888, no. 383, for 658 gns); Charles Maurice Camille de Talleyrand-Périgord, Duc de Dino, Paris (by 1901–04; sold to MMA).
London. South Kensington Museum. "Special Exhibition of Works of Art of the Medieval, Renaissance and More Recent Periods," June, 1862, no. 4683.
London. Alexandra Palace. "Londesborough Collection of Arms and Armour," 1875.
Christie, Manson & Woods. Illustrated Catalogue of the Distinguished Collection of Works of Art and Vertu from the Byzantine Period to that of Louis Seize, Collected by the late Ralph Bernal, Esq.. London: Christie's, London, March 5–April 30, 1855. p. 203, no. 2337 (this gun, purchased by Londesborough for £37).
Cosson, Charles Alexander. Le Cabinet d'Armes de Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Duc de Dino. Paris: E. Rouveyre, 1901. p. 97, no. J. 4, pl. 19 (called German, end of XVI century or beginning of XVII century).
Dean, Bashford, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Catalogue of European Arms and Armor. Hand-book (Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)), Vol. 15. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1905. p. 173, fig. 89 H (called about 1600).
Hoff, Arne. "Late Firearms with Snap Matchlock." Four Studies on History of Arms, Tøjhusmuseets Skrifter, 7 p. 14, no. 7, ill. (M.M.A. piece described, suggesting date about 1550-75).
Christie, Manson & Woods. Collection of Armour and Arms, Carvings in Ivory. London: Christie, Manson & Woods, July 4–6 and July 9–11, 1888. p. 34, no. 383.
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