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White, John Blake,
Cityscape -- South Carolina
Cityscape -- Street
Cityscape -- River
Architecture interior -- Civic
Architecture interior -- Detail
Figure group
Occupation -- Service
Recreation -- Leisure
Architecture exterior -- Religious
Architecture exterior -- Religious
Architecture exterior -- Civic
Painting
Arrival of the Mail, (painting).
Artist:
White, John Blake, 1781/82-1859, painter.
Title:
Arrival of the Mail, (painting).
Other Titles:
Perspective View of Broad-Street, (painting).
Dates:
1837.
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
29 3/4 x 24 1/2 in. (cm. 75.6 x 62.2)
Subject:
Cityscape -- South Carolina -- Charleston
Cityscape -- Street -- Broad Street
Cityscape -- River -- Ashley River
Architecture interior -- Civic -- Post Office
Architecture interior -- Detail -- Arch
Figure group
Occupation -- Service -- Postman
Recreation -- Leisure -- Letter Reading & Writing
Architecture exterior -- Religious -- Bell Tower
Architecture exterior -- Religious -- St. Michael's Church
Architecture exterior -- Civic -- Courthouse
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
City of Charleston, City Hall Council Chamber Gallery, 80 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina 29401
Provenance:
Gift of White, Octavius A. 1901.
References:
Rutledge, Anna Wells, "Catalogue of Paintings and Sculpture in the Council Chamber, City Hall, Charleston, South Carolina," Charleston, SC: City Council, 1943.
Bilodeau, Francis W., "Art in South Carolina, 1670-1970," Columbia, S.C.: South Carolina Tricentennial Commission, 1970.
Antiques (Nov. 1970).
Illustration:
Image on file.
Bilodeau, Francis W., "Art in South Carolina, 1670-1970," Columbia, S.C.: South Carolina Tricentennial Commission, 1970, pg. 156.
Antiques (Nov. 1970): pg. 799.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAP 60820029
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