Cropped letter from William Orpen to Mrs St George with a sketch of the artist on a Dublin Street

William Orpen , Irish, 1878-1931

Title

Date?1914

MediumInk on paper

Dimensions

14.3 x 20.5 cm

Signedlower centre: William Orpen

Credit LinePresented, Mrs Vivien Graves, 1974

Object numberNGI.7830.118

Inscriptionleft: the same = This very silly drawing is supposed/to show how lonely Woppy is in/Dublin = But it doesn't in/the least =/
have you decided/what size you/would like your/picture? think out/a great scheme for/me and let it be/a joint picture/My love to alci and Vivien=/The waiter has just been/saying how much he missed/"Madame Saint George"/Yours very sincerely/William Orpen
ProvenancePresented by Mrs Vivien Graves to the National Gallery of Ireland in 1974.