Miquelet Sporting Gun for the Prince Regent of Portugal, João VI (1767–1826)

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

Rights

Public Domain