Twenty-Five Inked Impressions (or "Pulls") of Engraved Firearms Ornament ca. 1845-65 2002.233.2-24, .26: Gustave Young American, born Prussia This group of twenty-five pulls record the decoration of firearms engraved by the famous German-American artist Gustave Young, and includes one pull taken from the left action of a counter plate engraved in the 1840s by Ernst Moritz, who trained Young in Zella, Thuringia, Germany. The pulls include impressions taken from lockplates, receivers, barrel tangs, hammers, and other metal components engraved with scrollwork and hunting scenes.Young ranks among the most well-known nineteenth-century engravers of American firearms, and is today most recognized for his work with Colt. He immigrated to the United States from Germany in 1852, engraving for Colt from 1853-58 and working as Colts primary engraving contractor from 1855-58 (see acc. nos. 2002.233.2-.26; 2003.521; 2009.330; 2010.481a-l). He became a naturalized citizen in 1858. After a hiatus in

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Twenty-Five Inked Impressions (or "Pulls") of Engraved Firearms Ornament ca. 1845-65 2002.233.2-24, .26: Gustave Young American, born Prussia This group of twenty-five pulls record the decoration of firearms engraved by the famous German-American artist Gustave Young, and includes one pull taken from the left action of a counter plate engraved in the 1840s by Ernst Moritz, who trained Young in Zella, Thuringia, Germany. The pulls include impressions taken from lockplates, receivers, barrel tangs, hammers, and other metal components engraved with scrollwork and hunting scenes.Young ranks among the most well-known nineteenth-century engravers of American firearms, and is today most recognized for his work with Colt. He immigrated to the United States from Germany in 1852, engraving for Colt from 1853-58 and working as Colts primary engraving contractor from 1855-58 (see acc. nos. 2002.233.2-.26; 2003.521; 2009.330; 2010.481a-l). He became a naturalized citizen in 1858. After a hiatus in

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