Wednesday, March 7, 2018

LEWESTOWNE PAINTING BY DANIEL RODNEY KING.



LEWESTOWN
A RARE PAINTING
BY
DANIEL RODNEY KING
1844


In 1844, a young Lewes artist , Daniel Rodney King, a descendant of Caesar
Rodney, painted a picture of “Lewestowne” from the banks of the Hoornekill Creek,
a view of schooners at anchor and qaint hip roof dwellings of days gone by.

Later, the famous Delaware artist, Stanley Arthurs, at the request of A. Felix
duPont, of Rehoboth Beach , painted a facsimile, which was presented to Lewes by
duPont this past week. Mr. duPont had acquired the original , the only one in existence,
and had Arthures reproduce the painting in it's original colors.

The Arthurs' reproduction was sent to Captain Harry Lyons, who was the
chairman of the Lewes Tercentenary Commission, with the suggestion that it be placed
in the Zwaanendael House as a permanent relic.




Source: Salisbury Daily Times, Salisbury, Maryland, Saturday, January 6, 1940.
Abstract: March 7, 2018 by Harrison H, for www.delmarhistory.blogspot.com and John
Hurlocks facebook page, memories Lewes to Ocean City.



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