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The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2006.8.0  Photograph by David Stansbury © 2012 The Connec…
Sign for A. Lewis's Inn
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2006.8.0 Photograph by David Stansbury © 2012 The Connecticut Historical Society.
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Sign for A. Lewis's Inn

Original OwnerOriginally owned by Abel Lewis American, working 1800-1819
Date1800-1812
MediumWood, paint
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width including hardware): 68 x 27 1/2in. (172.7 x 69.9cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
DescriptionPaint decorated tavern sign for "A. Lewis's Inn" showing masonic symbols painted over an earlier spread-wing eagle or Great Seal on one side, and a Tree of Life with masonic symbols on the reverse.
Object number2006.8.0
Subject Terms
    Collections
    • Tavern and Inn Signs
    On View
    On view
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    about 1797
    Wooster Monument.
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    Unknown
    about 1805-1820
    Pitcher
    Unknown
    1795-1810
    Pitcher
    William Johnson
    1795-1810
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    William Myron Savitt
    about 1970
    Pitcher
    Staffordshire potteries
    1810-1830
    Pitcher
    Unknown
    1800-1810
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    The New Bremen Glass Manufactury
    1785-1795
    Gift of Stephen G. Andre, 1996.9.48 © 2016 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Harry E. Wilcox
    1900-1934