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Post Office Mural – Pontotoc MS

Joseph Pollet Mural

Joseph Pollet Mural

Joseph Pollet Mural

Photo: Susan Allen Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2012

Joseph Pollet Mural

Joseph Pollet Mural

Project type: Art Works, Murals
Agency: Treasury Section of Fine Arts (TSFA), Arts Programs
Artists:
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Description

Medium: oil on canvas

 

“The Wedding of Ortez and SaOwana–Christmas 1540 was painted by Joseph Pollet and completed and installed in 1939. The mural depicts the feast given by Spanish explorer Hernando DeSoto to honor the first recorded Christian marriage in North American, which took place near Pontotoc (Sanders & Cawthon, 1993).

 

Source notes

www.wpamurals.com
Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Todd Sanders and Richard Cawthon, 1993, nomination form for the Pontotoc Historic District, National Register of Historic Places
https://www.newdealartregistry.org/

Project originally submitted by Susan Allen on January 23, 2013.

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Location Info

59 Main St. South
Pontotoc, MS 38863

Location notes: Lobby

Coordinates: 34.24694600000001, -88.99883799999998

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