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Designer Perrier French
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Made by a little-known engraver named Perrier, this rare and informative print illustrates and names all of the parts found in a flintlock gun. A standard military musket is shown in detail on the left and the decorated parts of a more elaborate civilian hunting gun appear on the right.
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Title: Engraving of Firearms Parts
Designer:
Perrier (French, Strasbourg, active mid-18th century)
Date: ca. 1750
Geography: Strasbourg
Culture: French, Strasbourg
Medium: Ink on paper
Dimensions: 18 3/4 x 25 1/4 in. (47.5 x 64 cm)
Classification: Works on Paper-Prints
Credit Line: Purchase, Jonathan and Elizabeth Roberts Gift, 2004
Object Number: 2004.57
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