A realistic oil painting of a flintlock pistol hanging on a nail on a wooden panel

The Old Flintlock (The Old Horse Pistol)

Jefferson David Chalfant (1856-1931)

Date

ca. 1898
Object Type

Paintings
Medium

Oil on canvas
Dimensions

25 x 17 in.
Inscriptions

Image, recto:
u.l.q. within image: CHALFANT
l.r.q. within image: For the first time in nearly ten years / J. D. Chalfant is engaged on a study / in still life.
Canvas, verso:
u.c. in graphite: "The Old Flintlock" / JD Chalfant [artist signature]
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of Steve Martin and Anne Stringfield
Accession Number

2022.46
Copyright

Public domain

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Location: Off view

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