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Colt Model 1851 Navy Revolver with Thuer Conversion for Self-Contained Cartridges, Serial no. 27060
Manufacturer Samuel Colt (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1814–1862)
Engraver Engraving attributed to Gustave Young
1853; converted for cartidges, ca. 1868–71
- Medium
- Steel, brass, silver, ivory
- Classification
- Firearms-Pistols-Revolvers
- Dimensions
- L. 13 in. (33.02 cm); L. of barrel 7 1/2 in. (19.05 cm); Cal. .36 in. (9 mm)
- Culture
- American, Hartford, Connecticut
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Arms and Armor
- Credit line
- Gift of John E. Parsons, 1958
- Rights
- Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed