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MonkeyPanls t1_ixm64xk wrote

Reply to comment by joe_chiclets in Lost since being auctioned off in the late 1920s..... I have been commissioned to handle this ORIGINAL Frank Hamilton Taylor, watercolor of Tun Tavern, along with more than 70 other lost Taylor originals! by johnsinternetsales

The Tun burned in 1781. The lot is under 95 now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tun_Tavern

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joe_chiclets t1_ixm88qv wrote

Thanks, this is a great Wikipedia read. I especially like that “in the 1740s, a restaurant appellation, ‘Peggy Mullan's Red Hot Beef Steak Club’ was added to the name of the tavern.”

The OG cheesesteak???

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miklawbar t1_ixmhvbd wrote

If it burned down in the 1780's is this more of a fictional painting of what it would have looked like in the artists time? The men all look like they are dressed in the late 1800's fashion with the top hats.

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MonkeyPanls t1_ixmqlpn wrote

Probably a recollection or based on some older drawing. I couldn't find any contemporary pictures of the Tun in a brief Google search.

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johnsinternetsales OP t1_ixp23ch wrote

Based on Frank Taylor's annotations on other pieces, we know he completed some of his work based on photographs or drawings, which he credits the original. I assume this is from a drawing, which unfortunately, he did not credit the original.

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