Cropped letter from William Orpen to Mrs St George with a drawing of an armed man at Howth Harbour

William Orpen , Irish, 1878-1931

Title

DateJuly 1914

MediumInk on paper

Dimensions

16.6 x 20.5 cm

Signedlower centre: William Orpen

Credit LinePresented, Mrs Vivien Graves, 1974

Object numberNGI.7830.140

Inscriptionupper centre: to take arms from [3,000] volunteers isn't/it splendid! This little picture tells its own tail by the

lower left: way I hope your/? fighting man is/doing well and that you/are not having any trouble/with him. Wonder will you lunch at the Berkeley today? = My love/to Alci and Vivien Very [Sincerely] William Orpen

lower right: HOWTH HARBOUR SUNDAY 27TH JULY 1914
ProvenancePresented by Mrs Vivien Graves to the National Gallery of Ireland in 1974.