Album of Firearms Ornament Containing Approximately Five Hundred and Forty Inked Impressions of Engraved Firearms Locks and Mounts, and Forty-Two Original Pen and Ink Designs on Forty Double-Sided Leaves

ca. 1840–80

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"Pulls" are images made by applying ink to an engraved metal object, pressing paper over it, and then "pulling" an impression from it. In the nineteenth century, gun engravers sometimes used this technique to record their work or to collect examples from other engravers. Ephemeral and utilitarian by nature, relatively few compilations like this album survive today. It is an invaluable record composed of over five hundred pulls from firearms decorated by leading gun engravers, mostly in Liege and Paris, plus forty-two original pen-and-ink designs.

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Title: Album of Firearms Ornament Containing Approximately Five Hundred and Forty Inked Impressions of Engraved Firearms Locks and Mounts, and Forty-Two Original Pen and Ink Designs on Forty Double-Sided Leaves
Date: ca. 1840–80
Culture: Belgian and French
Medium: Ink on paper
Dimensions: covers: 7 5/8 x 4 7/8 in. (19.4 x 12.3 cm); pages: 7 3/16 x 4 7/16 in. (18.3 x 11.4 cm)
Classification: Works on Paper-Prints
Credit Line: Purchase, Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Gift, 2010
Object Number: 2010.31
Curatorial Department: Arms and Armor

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