Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Randy Batista

Post Office, Mandarin

Artist George Bertrand Mitchell (American, 1874 - 1966)

Dateundated

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsFrame: 28 3/4 x 33 7/8 x 2 in. (73 x 86 x 5.1 cm)
Sight: 23 5/8 x 28 3/4 in. (60 x 73 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineThe Florida Art Collection, Gift of Samuel H. and Roberta T. Vickers

Object number2020.18.58

Collections

MODERN

DescriptionMandarin Store and Post Office, a landmark in the Mandarin neighborhood on the south side of Jacksonville. A donkey/horse pulls a cart in the foreground with two adults and two children as passengers, while other figures stand/sit on the porch and in front of the store. The store is surrounded by oak trees hanging with Spanish moss and a pig.