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Henri-Edmond-Joseph Delacroix was born in Douai, [1] a commune in the Nord department in northern France, on 20 May 1856. He had no surviving siblings. His parents, with a family history of ironmongery, [2] were Alcide Delacroix, a French adventurer, and British Fanny Woollett.
Augustus Woodward's plan for the city following 1805 fire. Detroit, settled in 1701, is one of the oldest cities in the Midwest. It experienced a disastrous fire in 1805 which nearly destroyed the city, leaving little present-day evidence of old Detroit save a few east-side streets named for early French settlers, their ancestors, and some pear trees which were believed to have been planted by ...
The East Grand Boulevard Historic District is a historic district located along East Grand Boulevard between East Jefferson Avenue and Mack Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. [1]
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This street plan was devised by Augustus Woodward and others following a devastating fire in Detroit. [18] Gratiot Avenue, then also called Detroit–Port Huron Road, [17] was authorized by the US Congress on March 2, 1827, as a supply road from Detroit to Port Huron for Fort Gratiot. Construction started in Detroit in 1829, and the roadway was ...
Landscape with Stars is an early 20th century painting by Henri-Edmond Cross. Done in watercolor on white wove paper, the work is a part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. [1] Reminiscent of Japanese painting, the impressionistic work depicts a star-studded sky above a pen and ink landscape.
Original – L'air du Soir (The Evening Air), c. 1893, by Henri-Edmond Cross Reason Good quality image; a stylized landscape; a good example of pointillism and divisionism from the artist's middle period. Articles in which this image appears Henri-Edmond Cross FP category for this image Artwork/Paintings Creator Henri-Edmond Cross
The city of Detroit annexed the subdivision in 1926, bringing water and sewer to the neighborhood and making the area more attractive. [ 3 ] Compared with other contemporary neighborhoods, such as Palmer Woods and the Grosse Pointes , Rosedale Park has more modest house and lot sizes reflecting the solidly middle- and upper-middle class status ...