View of Detroit in 1836

1836 or 1837

William James Bennett American, 1787-1844

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Title View of Detroit in 1836

Artwork Date 1836 or 1837

Artist William James Bennett

Life Dates 1787-1844

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. American

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Oil on canvas

Dimensions Overall: 17 1/2 × 25 inches (44.5 × 63.5 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department American Art before 1950

Credit Gift of the Fred Sanders Company in memory of its founder, Fred Sanders

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 34.24

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dealer, Theodor Lagerquist (Berlin, Germany). 1934-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Richardson, E.P. “Two Early American Landscapes.” Bulletin of the DIA 14, 6 (March 1935): p. 81 (ill.).

Bowen, Dana Thomas. Lore of the Lakes. 1940.

Five Centuries of Marine Painting. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1942, p. 26, no. 82.

Richardson, E.P. “The Arts in American Life and History.” Bulletin of the Detroit Historical Society 5, 10 (June 1949): p. 6.

The French in America, 1820-1880. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1951, p. 197, no. 527.

“The People and Places of the Old Northwest Territory.” Antiques 87, 3 (March 1965): pp. 302-331 (ill.).

Seascape and the American Imagination. Exh. cat., Whitney Museum of American Art. New York, 1975, p. 59, no. 58.

Gibson, A.H. Artists of Early Michigan. Detroit, 1975, p. 50 (ill.).

Great Lakes Marine Painting of the Nineteenth Century. Exh. cat., The Muskegon Museum of Art. Muskegon, MI, 1983, p. 80 (pl. 13).

Sweeney, J. Gary. “Great Lakes Marine Painting of the Nineteenth Century: A Michigan Perspective.” Michigan History 67 (May-June 1983): p. 25.

Omoto, S. and E. van Liere.The Michigan Experience. Exh. cat., Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University. East Lansing, MI, 1987, no. 3 (ill.).

Arader, W. Graham III. Chicago, Newsletter, August 1987.

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Credit Line for Reproduction

after William James Bennett, View of Detroit in 1836, 1836 or 1837, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Fred Sanders Company in memory of its founder, Fred Sanders, 34.24.