First State Election in Detroit, Michigan, 1837

Thomas Mickell Burnham(American, 1818-1866)

Date

c. 1837

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

24 1/4 x 30 3/4 in. (62.2 x 78.1 cm) Framed: 34 3/8 x 40 3/8 x 3 3/8 in. ( 87.31 x 102.55 x 8.57 cm)

Department

American Art before 1950

Classification

Paintings

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Samuel T. Carson

Accession No.

57.267

Provenance

James W. Tillman (d. 1866). His widow, Martha Conant (Mrs. Alpheus S. Williams) Tillman (d. 1903). Her daughter Louise Tillman (Mrs. Samuel T. ) Carson, who placed the painting on loan at the museum on January 31, 1905. DIA in 1957.

Keywords

canvas, paint, cityscape