Bay View House

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Title

Bay View House

Subject

Carriage; Hobbs, G.F.; Hotel; LIRR; Main Street; Tourism; Print; Photoengraving

Description

Photoengraved print showing a view of the Bay View House in Oyster Bay. Foreground comprised of wide dirt road with multiple carriages traveling along carrying people and luggage. Midground shows Bay View house o the far right behind a flagpole, a three-and-a-half story hotel with extensions stretching out the back marked "Livery", property surrounded by grass lawn with single tree plantings; midground to left shows another road traveling to intersect with the main road, three house-drawn carriages traveling along carrying passengers. Background to far left shows an LIRR train traveling along a track towards a station; view of Oyster Bay Harbor extends out beyond the tracks; sky above painted light blue with several clouds drawn in with thin ink lines. Labeled on top, "Bay View House, G.F. Hobbs, Propr. E. Cor. Maxwell Av. & Main Street, Oyster Bay, L.I."

Creator

Lange, Edward (1846-1912) [Artist]

Source

Edward Lange, "Bay View House", n.d., Photoengraved print mounted on board, Collection of Raynham Hall Museum, FIC.2024.001

Type

Print (photoengraving)

Identifier

Signed lower right corner, "Edw. Lange. Art. Elwood. L.I."

Coverage

New York; Nassau County; Town of Oyster Bay; Oyster Bay

Medium

Photoengraved print mounted to board

Rights Holder

Raynham Hall Museum

Citation

Lange, Edward (1846-1912) [Artist], “Bay View House,” The Art of Edward Lange , accessed February 19, 2025, https://edwardlange.omeka.net/items/show/169.

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