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Heroes of the Telegraph
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John Munro
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Succeeding
as
a
portrait
painter,
he
went,
in
1818,
on
the
invitation
of
his
uncle,
Dr.
Finley,
to
Charleston,
in
South
Carolina,
and
opened
a
studio
there.
After
a
single
season
he
found
himself
in
a
position
to
marry,
and
on
October
1,
1818,
was
united
to
Lucretia
P.
Walker,
of
Concord,
New
Hampshire,
a
beautiful
and
accomplished
lady.
He
thrived
so
well
in
the
south
that
he
once
received
as
many
as
one
hundred
and
fifty
orders
in
a
few
weeks;
and
his
reputation
was
such
that
he
was
honoured
with
a
commission
from
the
Common
Council
of
Charleston
to
execute
a
portrait
of
James
Monroe,
then
President
of
the
United
States.
It
was
regarded
as
a
masterpiece.
In
January,
1821,
he
instituted
the
South
Carolina
Academy
of
Fine
Arts,
which
is
now
extinct.
After
four
years
of
life
in
Charleston
he
returned
to
the
north
with
savings
to
the
amount
of
L600,
and
settled
in
New
York.
He
devoted
eighteen
months
to
the
execution
of
a
large
painting
of
the
House
of
Representatives
in
the
Capitol
at
Washington;
but
its
exhibition
proved
a
loss,
and
in
helping
his
brothers
to
pay
his
father's
debts
the
remains
of
his
little
fortune
were
swept
away.
He
stood
next
to
Allston
as
an
American
historical
painter,
but
all
his
productions
in
that
line
proved
a
disappointment.
The
public
would
not
buy
them.
On
the
other
hand,
he
received
an
order
from
the
Corporation
of
New
York
for
a
portrait
of
General
Lafayette,
the
hero
of
the
hour.
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