Collection Highlights
View from Cozzen's Hotel Near West Point, N.Y.
Date:
1863
Object Number:
S-189
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Rifle
Object Number:
1903.17
Date:
1780-1800
Medium:
Wood, iron, silver, gilt
Dimensions:
Overall: 54 1/2 in. ( 138.4 cm )
Part (barrel ): 38 in. (96.5 cm)
Marks:
inlaid: breech barrel: "RK" (foliate); and: "H.NOCK/LONDON"
inlaid: lockplate: "H./NOCK"
Description:
Wood, iron, silver, and gilt flintlock rifle; part octagon, part round barrel; wooden ramrod with iron worm at tip; silver oval wedge escutcheons on both sides of forestock and silver nosecap; iron furniture with pineapple trigger guard, floral engraving at tailpipe, trigger guard, and barrel tang, and engraved dog, bird, and floral design on trigger bow and buttplate; inlaid gilt lettering at breech end of barrel and lockplate.
Gallery Label:
According to accession records, this rifle was owned by Rufus King.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mary Rhinelander King
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
