Title: Double-Barreled Percussion Shotgun
Object type: Double-barreled percussion shotgun
Date: dated 1854
Culture: French, Paris
Artist:  Louis Perrin 
Artist bio: French, Paris, active 1823–65
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Gunsmith
Medium: Steel, wood (walnut), silver
Dimensions: L. 46 3/5 in. (118.4 cm); L. of barrel 29 1/8 in. (73.9 cm)
Classification: Firearms
Credit line: Purchase, Rogers Fund, The Sulzberger Foundation Inc. Gift, Gifts of William H. Riggs, Bill and Joyce Anderson, Charles M. Schott Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. de Forest, William B. Osgood Field, Christian A. Zabriskie, Dr. Albert T. Weston, Henry Victor Burgy, and Bequest of Alan Rutherfurd Stuyvesant, by exchange, and The Collection of Giovanni P. Morosini, presented by his daughter Giulia, John Stoneacre Ellis Collection, Gift of Mrs. Ellis and Augustus Van Horne Ellis, and Bashford Dean Memorial Collection, funds from various donors, by exchange, 1991
Geography: Country of Origin Paris   France      
Department: Arms and Armor
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Animals, term: Men, term: Hunting, term: Dragons