April 19: TALK "WHEN ARTWORK SPEAKS: EYEWITNESS IMAGES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION"

The Friends of the Abraham Staats House (c.1740) are proud to welcome historian and author, Arthur Lefkowitz, who will present a color slide show-accompanied talk on 18th Century artwork depicting significant events and people of the American Revolution, including studio executed paintings and sketches hastily executed in the heat of battle!

DATE: Sunday, April 19
TIME: 1PM
PLACE: The Abraham Staats House
17 Von Steuben Lane, South Bound Brook
TKTS: $10/Adult, $5/Under 18
Admission includes house tour & lecture
RSVP: Reservations Strongly Recommended
Include: name, address, contact, number of seats
Email: info@staatshouse.org
Phone: (732) 469-3198

This exciting lecture is the fifth installment of the six-lecture "Lectures Through Time" series presented at the historic Abraham Staats House (c.1740) and coincides with the Staats House Living History Weekend!

[From the Abraham Staats House Website]
While some of the artwork presented may look familiar, Mr. Lefkowitz gives detailed information about each image and well as insights concerning the artists who created them. The pictures in the presentation have been gathered from a variety of museum collections and, by using high quality reproductions, interesting historical details come to life that are frequently lost when the pictures are shown in books.

Included in the presentation are portraits of George Washington, painted from life, showing him wearing the uniform of the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.

Mr. Lefkowitz is a prominent New Jersey author whose works include The Long Retreat: The Calamitous American Defense of New Jersey, George Washington’s Indispensable Men, Bushnell’s Submarine, The Best Kept Secret of the American Revolution, and Benedict Arnold’s Army, The 1775 American Invasion of Canada. His books have received numerous awards and Bushnell’s Submarine was favorably reviewed in The New York Times Book Section.

His lecture credits include numerous talks for The New Jersey Council for the Humanities, The National Park Service and Fraunces Tavern Museum, as well as being the keynote speaker at the 2006 meeting of The Washington Association of New Jersey. He has taught a course in colonial American history for three semesters at Middlesex County College.