Illustrated letter from William Orpen to Avenal St George

William Orpen , Irish, 1878-1931

Title

Date1894/1914

MediumInk on paper

Dimensions

20.2 x 24.3 cm

Credit LinePresented, Mrs Vivien Graves, 1974

Object numberNGI.7830.23

Inscriptionupper left and centre: Dear Avenal - I hope you'll be well soon - and do some great paintings - I told my boy/in the school to send you out a paper block - which I hope he'll do./below is a picture supposed to represent last Sunday/evening - but the boat is nothing and as/everybody knows woppy gets sick - you'll forgive me.

upper right (printed): CITY OF DUBLIN STEAM PACKET COMPANY/ROYAL MAIL STEAMER 'ULSTER'
ProvenancePresented by Mrs Vivien Graves to the National Gallery of Ireland in 1974.