Found in the 1-91417 serial number range, this late production .32 Safety Hammerless 1st Model "bicycle gun" is decorated with a period broad floral scroll engraved pattern on the frame, both sides of the top strap, and right side of the barrel. The cylinder is sparsely engraved with a matching pattern that covers only one chamber. The right side of the frame is inscribed with the name "DR HARRY R. McGRAW." The revolver has a rare special order 2 inch "bicycle" barrel with the correct two-line S&W legend on the left side. The revolver is fitted with pearl grips. Matching serial numbers appear on the butt, cylinder, and barrel. Period sources record a Dr. Harry R. McGraw dying in 1945 at the age of 72. Born in Washington, D.C., Dr. McGraw received his medical degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore in 1901. This would have been around the time the revolver was manufactured and possibly served as a graduation gift. He later studied a the Pasteur Institute in Paris and Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. In 1902 he arrived in Colorado. During World War I, he was the chief of the surgical staff at U.S. Army General Hospital No. 21, later renamed Fitzsimons Hospital, in Aurora, Colorado. The facility was originally established to treat casualties from chemical warfare in Europe and by the 1920s was a major U.S. hospital in treating tuberculosis. He was serving as the medical director and chief of the surgical staff at the Denver General Hospital when he died. Provenance: The Jon M. Maxwell Collection

Very fine as period embellished with 95% bright original blue finish with thinning to brown on the balance and crisp engraving. The grips are also excellent with highly attractive fiery colors. Mechanically excellent.