Collection Highlights
"Why Don't You Speak for Yourself, John?"
Date:
Object Number:
PR.031.3
Medium:
Chromolithograph card
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Home of Joshua Kett Smith
Object Number:
1945.138
Date:
1924
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Overall: 30 1/4 x 40 1/8 in. ( 76.8 x 101.9 cm )
Gallery Label:
Long known as Treason House for its association with the meeting on 9/22/1780 of Major-General Benedict Arnold and Major John Andre, adjutant-general of the British Army in North America, wherein they completed details for Arnold's frustrated betrayal of the American fortress at West Point. The building was razed in 1929.
Credit Line:
Gift of George A. Zabriskie
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
