Long Room in de Lancey's Time, Fraunces Tavern

The Long Room of the de Lancey mansion, later known as Fraunces Tavern, in the 18th century. Published in the Appletons' Journal, New York, June 6, 1874. It illustrates an article about the de Lancey Mansion by Benson John Lossing. An illustration with an external view of the building, with title The De Lancey House as it is Today, also accompanies this article.

Illustration engraved by James H. Richardson (1823–1903). He is known to be active between 1848 and 1880. Later, he had office at 58 Ann Street and 105 Nassau Street, in New York. Original title: The Great Room in the De Lancey Mansion.

The specific illustration above, however, is from the New York Public Library. This item is the last page of an article, sign by Benson J. Lossing, missing the first pages. This page has no reference indicating its origin and has a different layout, although with the same text and exactly the same illustration published in the Appletons' Journal.

The de Lancey mansion, know today as Fraunces Tavern, began to be constructed in 1719 and became a tavern after being bought by Samuel Fraunces, in 1762. On November 25, 1783, the day of the evacuation of the British, a grand banquet was given by Governor Clinton to General Washington and the French minister, Luzerne. On December 4th, the same year, General Washington took leave of his principal officers at Fraunces Tavern.

The old tavern, standing at the southeast corner of Broad and Pearl streets, was restored in 1906 and 1907 by the Sons of the Revolution and it is now a museum and a restaurant.