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The First State Election in Detroit, Michigan, 1837, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Burnham, Thomas Mickell 1818-1866  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Detroit Institute of Arts 5200 Woodward Avenue Detroit Michigan 48202 Accession Number: 57.267
Date:
Ca. 1837
Notes:
"American paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts; volume 2: Works by artists born 1816-1847," New York : Hudson Hills Press, 1997, no. 9.
Omoto, Sadayoshi, and Eldon Van Liere, "The Michigan experience: a traveling exhibition of paintings of Michigan themes by Michigan artists in celebration of the state's sesquicentennial," East Lansing: Kresge Art Museum, Department of Art, Michigan State University, 1986, no. 4.
"Paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts; a checklist of the paintings acquired before June 1965," Detroit: Detroit Institute of Arts, 1965.
Msu Michigan Biap Survey, 1975; Dr. Sadayoshi Omoto files, 1994.
Summary:
Figures, including two candidates for governor, are gathered in the streets in Detroit on the occasion of the state's first election day in 1837.
Topic:
Ceremony--Civic--Election  Search this
Cityscape--Michigan--Detroit  Search this
History--United States--Michigan  Search this
Occupation--Political  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Control number:
IAP 24150084
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_272922