William Orpen
, Irish, 1878-1931
Title
Cropped letter from William Orpen to Mrs St George with a sketch of the artist at Howth on the reverseDate?1911
MediumInk on paper
Dimensions
19.4 x 20.4 cm
Signedon verso, lower right: William Orpen
Credit LinePresented, Mrs Vivien Graves, 1974
Object numberNGI.7830.42
Inscriptioncentre: about it and the fish and everything in/general - I gave a family lunch yesterday/nine of them in all - wifee was coming but/did not turn up! - Father got into splendid/formand winked at me hard when he/drank his kunnell - as much as to say "do you/remember other times" - so I winked back - in fact/we were very vulgar - and were not liked by/the other lunchers at all - today I went to/Fitzwilliam for food - its pleasant to sit/and eat and watch all the healthy men/and woman rushing about - I got up/at 4 this morning and picked mushrooms/by myself until 5.30. Have you any at/Screebe? if not I'd love to send you down/a mornings work - but I expect the place/is full of them - Saturday = Thank you for your letter/the cable is really fine - but can't he sendon verso, lower: the picture today - a sort of last gasp - my love to alci/Yours very Sincerely/William Orpen
ProvenancePresented by Mrs Vivien Graves to the National Gallery of Ireland in 1974.