Samuel Colt: Arms, Art, and Invention
Language: English
Published by Yale University Press, United Kingdom, 2006
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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hardback, rectangular format, measuring 10" x 12 1/4", knock at the top leading corner tip of the upper board, a tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text and in a well preserved pictorial dust wrapper which is rubbed at the top leading corner of the front panel. Illustrated throughout, ix + 260pp. A heavy volume which may attract a request for additional postage if ordered from locations outside the United Kingdom.
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- Title
- Samuel Colt: Arms, Art, and Invention
- Author
- Houze, Herbert G. (edited by Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser)
- Publisher
- Yale University Press, United Kingdom
- Publication year
- 2006
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0300111339
- ISBN 13
- 9780300111330
- Edition
- 1st Edition
Samuel Colt (1814–1862) first patented his “Colt” revolver in 1835 and thereby redefined the architecture of handguns. This stunning book is the first to present in detail the evolution of his most famous invention and to document the unsurpassed Colt firearms collections held by the Wadsworth Atheneum.
Colt designed his revolvers with an artistic sensibility––paying particular attention to form and beauty and juxtaposing colors and finishes to heighten the visual effects. He was also one of the first American manufacturers to secure celebrity endorsements and to commission paintings by renowned artists like George Catlin to promote his arms. Colt’s standards for excellence, industrial foresight, and quest for market domination are explored in light of primary documents that reveal his constant battles to protect his patents.
Essays discuss Colt’s personal collection of historic firearms as well as the memorial collection of Colt-manufactured firearms, the relationship between art and commerce as they pertain to the inventor’s career, and his international celebrity. Richly illustrated and beautifully produced, this volume presents the artistry of the firearms that Colt worked so diligently to perfect––as well as his promotional abilities that made a tremendous impact on American culture.
Published in association with the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Exhibition Schedule:
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford (opens September 20, 2006)
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