Collection Highlights
Three Iroquois: Atotárho Protected by Black Snakes, Flanked by Deganawida Offering Wampum and Hiawatha
c. 1827
X.520[dup]
Watercolor, black and brown ink, and brown gouache over graphite on beige paper, laid on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Home of Joshua Kett Smith
Title
Home of Joshua Kett Smith
Date
1924
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Overall: 30 1/4 x 40 1/8 in. ( 76.8 x 101.9 cm )
Credit Line
Gift of George A. Zabriskie
Object Number
1945.138
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.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
