View of Detroit, 1794
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Description
Reproduction of watercolor depicting view of Detroit in 1794, probably by Lieutenant Edmund Henn. Fort on banks; ships and canoes on river. Handwritten on back: "Detroit in 1794 (Lady Astor picture), wash drawing. Stokes, I.N. Phelps & Haskell, Daniel C. American hist. print, N.Y. 1932, p. 67. View of Detroit, July 25, 1794 (Gift of Lady Nancy Astor, 1923). Original painting, framed 17 1/2 inches high, 24 1/2 inches wide. Unframed 11 1/4 inches high, 18 1/4 inches wide."
Details
- Creator:
- E.H.
- Resource ID:
- bh009593
- Subject:
- Fortification--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.)--Pictorial works
- Waterfronts--Michigan--Detroit
- Watercolor painting
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- unknown
- Format:
- 1 photographic print mounted on fabric ; 7.5 x 10 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- D/1794 (Lady Astor)
- Negative Number:
- Glass neg. no. 3151
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.