Saturday, April 18, 2009
RANDOM ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA
DELAROCHE, HIPPOLYTE(PAUL)- 1797-1856. 1 of the most accomplished painters of the eclectic 'modern' school. no obstacles or difficulties. father an 'expert' (appraiser?). rich from negotiating + cataloguing, buying, + selling. proud of his sons talent + able to forward his talent. picked Gros, then painting large 'histories' + teacher. met other students. 1st exhibited work-josabeth saving joas 1822, became aquaintances with gericault + delacroix, who he became friends with. visited italy in 1388 + 1845. effusive in his works blah blah. 1837 commission for a great painting 37 meters long-great artists of the nodern ages for ecol des beaux arts to add FEMALES to the men, added muses + genii. done in 1841. injured b7y fire in 1855. died before he could finish repair.
DELAWARE- 2120 sq MI. 1799 slaves in 1860. pop 125, 015 1870. 1609, henry hudson sailed into the delaware bay, too shallow, left. tradition that lord de la warr, on way to VA, anchored there, but fable. in 1626, gustavus adophus, king of sweden advice of a hollander, issued letters-patent for a settlement on W shore of the delaware river. indians called it Pou tax at + the dutch south river. money to set up settlement, but war w/ germany, death of the king. 1639 queen christina sent out a colony under a dutchman. bought from indians. willmington area. probs w/ dutch in NJ. new swede govt w/ more swedes capture their own fort. NY gov stuyvesant invaded + swedes forced to honor their new dutch overlords. english invade manhattan + D. william dean blah blah blah lord baltimore.
