Cased Colt Model 1860 Army Percussion Revolver, Serial no. 7569, with Accessories
1861
Medium
Steel, brass, silver, gold, wood (mahogany), textile
Dimensions
L. 14 1/2 in. (36.83 cm); L. of barrel 8 in. (20.32 cm); Cal. .44 in. (11 mm)
Classification
Firearms-Pistols-Revolvers
Culture
American, Hartford, Connecticut
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry D. Berger, 1983
Accession Number
1983.442a–o
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Samuel Colt · 1814–1862
Samuel Colt was born on July 19, 1814, in Hartford, Connecticut, to Christopher Colt, a textile manufacturer, and Sarah Caldwell. His early years were marked by family tragedy, including the death of his mother from tuberculosis when he was six, after which his father remarried. At age 11, Colt was indentured to a farmer and later worked in his father's textile mill in Ware, Massachusetts, where h...