Collection Highlights
"A Visit from St. Nicholas"
Date:
1862
Object Number:
MSS.BV.Moore.1
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Washington's Bedroom (1790) in Old Roe's Tavern in Setauket, Long Island, New York
Object Number:
1954.159d
Date:
1917
Medium:
Graphite on buff paper
Dimensions:
Overall: 8 1/2 x 11 1/8 in. ( 21.6 x 28.3 cm )
mat: 14 x 18 in. ( 35.6 x 45.7 cm )
Marks:
inscription: lower: "Old Roe's Tavern Washington's Bedroom in 1790, A.W. Strong/1917"
Inscriptions:
Signed and inscribed at lower right in graphite: "A W Strong / 1917"' at lower center: "OLD ROES TAVERN / WASHINGTON'S BED ROOM IN 1790"; verso inscribed at lower left: "Arthur W. Strong 1914"
Description:
Architecture: This is one of six views of the Setauket Presbyterian Church and the Captain Nathaniel Roe Tavern at Setauket.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Estate of Oscar T. Barck, Sr.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
