About This Artwork

Scottish, Dundee

Snaphance Pistol with Left-Hand Lock, 1614

Brass, steel
L. 43.8 cm (17 1/4 in.)
Barrel L. 27.5 cm (11 13/16 in.)
Wt. 1 lb. 12 oz.
Caliber .39
George F. Harding Collection, 1982.2319

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Publication History

Walter Karchieski, "Arms and Armor in the Art Institute of Chicago" (Art Institute of Chicago/Little, Brown, and Company, 1995), p. 109 (ill.)