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Sign for Abbe's Inn

PainterPainted by William Rice American, 1777 - 1847

PainterRepainted by Luther Terry Knight American, born 1844

Original OwnerOriginally owned by Daniel Abbe Jr. American, 1775 - 1833

Dateabout 1822

MediumPaint on pine board and moldings, iron hardware

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width x depth x weight including hardware): 61 1/2 x 77 1/8 x 5 7/8in., 90lb. (156.2 x 195.9 x 14.9cm, 40.8kg)

ClassificationsPainting

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionImages: on side 1, a lion, with body in profile, head facing forward, wrapped in chains, standing on grass-tufted ground; on side 2: an eagle with U.S. shield and seventeen stars in the sky, inside a central oval outline. U.S. arms in the shield are painted over Connecticut arms.
Text: none.
Construction:

Object number1986.221.0

NotesHistorical Note: The object file contains a copy of the posting announcing William Arthur Abbe's auction to sell contents of his inn when he went out of business in 1918.

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