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    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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