Strange Pistol?

[guad42]

While browsing images at LOC, I came across this portrait and I am now wondering what type of pistol this is he's holding. At a glance it looked like a Colt Pocket or Police type pistol, but at closer glance it has a solid frame. Have not seen this weapon before.
-Sam Dolan

http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/09800/09876v.jpg

[stx]

Re: Strange Pistol?

To me it looks like a Colt 1851 US Marshal revolver, but that's just a guess.

[Thomas Alleman]

Re: Strange Pistol?

I find it stranger yet that he looks a bit cross eyed.

[Curt Schmidt]

Re: Strange Pistol?

Hallo!

It is a .31 W.W. Marston Pocket Model Revolver, (Type 4) aka Phenix, Union, or Western.

Curt

[Danny]

Re: Strange Pistol?

I find it stranger yet that he looks a bit cross eyed.

Thomas -

One eyeball is obscured with a fleck of contaminant (dirt) in the photo image, and the relatively dark area adjacent to the dirt makes the kid appear cross-eyed. A retoucher would mirror the other eye and restore as much as possible what was probably the original image, which I believe is a kid intensely staring, but not cross-eyed.

- Dan Wykes

[Abrams]

Re: Strange Pistol?

A retoucher would mirror the other eye and restore as much as possible what was probably the original image, which I believe is a kid intensely staring, but not cross-eyed.

I'm no professional, but I can clean up photos.

There we go. The cross-eyed appearance is fixed. :)

[Danny]

Re: Strange Pistol?

...There we go. The cross-eyed appearance is fixed. :)

Well, let's see if I can remove that bit 'o fly wing from his eye too. Hows about this one attached?

Dan Wykes

[guad42]

Re: Strange Pistol?

Hallo!

It is a .31 W.W. Marston Pocket Model Revolver, (Type 4) aka Phenix, Union, or Western.

Curt

Somehow I knew Curt would be able to id this sidearm. Thanks Curt!

-Sam Dolan

[Curt Schmidt]

Re: Strange Pistol?

Hallo!

You're welcome.
That's why they pay me the Big Bucks around here. ;) :)

Curt