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John Blake White was a painter born in 1781 in Eutawville, South Carolina. White’s historical paintings of Charleston street scenes are unique, for they treat topics and views confined to the South Carolina Low Country region. Some of White’s paintings are in collection at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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27711
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The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina conducted a study of coffin-making in Charleston to learn more about Low Country burial customs. The study showed varied roles of Charleston woodworkers in the undertaking process, but scanty documentation and lack of actual coffins for examination leave much of their involvement to conjecture.
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