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Drifton, Pennsylvania at St. James Church. By the mid-1880s, the Janviers had moved to New York City and Catherine has begun a transition from artist to writer. The Janviers enjoyed a happy marriage in which they lived in England among literary circles and in Provence between 1883 and 1890. Their
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Drinker; May 1, 1841 – July 19, 1922) was an
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Lindsay Ride; May Ride; Bernard Mellor (1 November 1995).
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885:. Thomson Gale. January 1, 2007. Archived from
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764:. Hong Kong University Press. pp. 56–57.
586:Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1914).
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