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, Belgian, fl.1915-1918
Title
Sackville Street in Ruins
Date1916
MediumCharcoal and watercolour with white highlights on paper
Dimensions
17.1 x 26 cm
Signedlower left: E. Delrenne
Credit LinePresented, Dr Brendan O'Brien, 1982
Object numberNGI.18486
DescriptionEdmond Delrenne, a Belgian refugee of the First World War, had been offered support in Ireland by the artist Dermod O’Brien. He produced several oil paintings of the ruins around Sackville Street. He is understood to have been taking cover in a doorway during the Rising when a man beside him was killed by a stray bullet.