Collection Highlights
Medicine Man (Blackfoot): Plate 173
Date:
1866-68
Object Number:
1872.23.173
Medium:
Graphite and black ink on prepared card
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Joslyn Breech-Loading Rifle
Object Number:
1944.162
Date:
1865
Medium:
Wood, steel, iron
Dimensions:
Overall: 52 3/8 in. ( 133 cm )
Part (barrel): 35 1/2 in. (90.2 cm)
Marks:
stamped: barrel bands: "U"; buttplate tang: "US"; "bottom buttstock: "E.C.E."
stamped: lockplate center: "U.S./SPRINGFIELD"; tail: "1864"
stamped: wrist: "M...A" (inspector cartouche)
Description:
Wood, steel, and iron rifle; iron furniture; stamped marks at forward section and tail of lockplate, barrel bands, buttplate tang, breechblock, and bottom of buttstock; stamped cartouche on left side of stock at wrist.
Gallery Label:
Until recently, Joslyn rifles were thought to be muzzleloaders that were converted to breech-loading after the Civil War. Although the rifles were manufactured during the last six months of the war, they were the first breech-loading cartridge firearms made in large numbers by a national armory. According to accession records, this rifle was used during the war by the donor's father, Philip Corell.
Credit Line:
Gift of Louise I. Corell
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
