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William Ratcliffe Irby

Tobacco executive William Ratcliffe Irby acquired and restored many French Quarter properties, thus saving them from demolition. G. F. Billings painted this portrait of Irby in 1926.

William Ratcliffe Irby

Courtesy of Louisiana State Museum

William Ratcliffe Irby. Billings, G. F. (artist)

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Courtesy of Louisiana State Museum
Date 1926
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