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These photos are of a set of paintings belonging to Charles Irvin in Washington, Wilkes Co., Ga. A German artist, Meyer, painted them of the Irvins in 1853, and the event is recorded in Martha's Diary, in my possession. "Mr. Meyer came... He is German.... he is merry and communicative and quite intelligent..." The Irvins were near 70 when the portraits were done, and he died within three years. (Photos are courtesy of "Agrarian Arcadia," by Charles Daggus, in which they appear.)
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