Colt Dragoon Percussion Revolver, Third Model, serial no. 13096
1853
Medium
Steel, brass, silver, wood (walnut)
Dimensions
L. 14 3/4 in. (37.47 cm); L. of barrel 7 1/2 in. (19.05 cm); Cal. .45 in. (11.4 mm)
Classification
Firearms-Pistols-Percussion
Culture
American, Hartford, Connecticut
Department
Arms and Armor
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Friends of Albert Foster Jr. Gifts, in his memory, 1948
Accession Number
48.125
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...