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Madonnina. (painting) The Madonnina, commonly known as the Madonna of the Streets ( Italian: Madonna delle vie) or Madonna del riposo (Italian for 'Madonna of the Rest'), was a painting by Roberto Ferruzzi (1854–1934) that won the second Venice Biennale in 1897. The models for this painting were 11-year-old Angelina Cian [a] and her younger ...
Gas lamps gradually started replacing oil street lamps in the United States, beginning in the first quarter of the 19th century. [ 3] The first street in the world to be illuminated by gaslight was Pall Mall in London, starting in 1807. [ 1][ 5] The first US city to use gas street lights was Baltimore, starting in 1817. [ 4]
Edward Laurence Doheny ( / doʊˈhiːni /; September 14, 1852 – September 19, 1927) was an American oil tycoon who, in 1892, drilled the first successful oil well in the Los Angeles City Oil Field. His success set off a petroleum boom in Southern California, and made him a fortune when, in 1902, he sold his properties.
Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery fell $2.79 to $73.52 per barrel Friday. Brent crude for October delivery fell $2.71 to $76.81 per barrel. Wholesale gasoline for September delivery ...
Dimensions. 180 cm × 180 cm (71 in × 71 in) Location. Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria. The Kiss ( German: Der Kuss) is an oil-on-canvas painting with added gold leaf, silver and platinum by the Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt. [ 3] It was painted at some point in 1907 and 1908, during the height of what scholars ...
Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery rose $2.03 to $75.23 per barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for October delivery rose $1.85 to $78.33 per barrel. Wholesale gasoline for September ...
Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery fell $1.60 to $76.31 per barrel Thursday. Brent crude for October delivery fell $1.32 to $79.52 per barrel. Wholesale gasoline for September ...
The Nixon shock was the effect of a series of economic measures, including wage and price freezes, surcharges on imports, and the unilateral cancellation of the direct international convertibility of the United States dollar to gold, taken by United States President Richard Nixon in August 1971 in response to increasing inflation. [ 1][ 2 ...