William Orpen
, Irish, 1878-1931
Title
Cropped letter from William Orpen to Mrs St George with a sketch of the artist sitting by a fire on the reverseDate?1911
MediumInk on paper
Dimensions
15.9 x 20.4 cm
Credit LinePresented, Mrs Vivien Graves, 1974
Object numberNGI.7830.27
Inscriptioncentre: up before I leave/to work at the ceiling on Thursday/I got out of bed at 10 - 15 this morning/and drove up here as my sitter Bishop/was coming from Brighton at 11 a/wire "unable today" so here I am landed/and I'm quite pleased not to have to do/anything but sit by the fire/Uncle Raymond cannot sit until the week/after next so I shall have next week at/the school working on Poppy's picture I/have found out several things to do/to it - the last three days by the fire "a hot/eye gives a cold vision" aren't I clever?/H.B I beg to state may be nice and may/______its very near H.C. forgive me [Im]on verso, upper centre: course - but it will be all gone in a couple of days/and I heard from Paris yesterday
on verso, lower centre: which always as you know cheers me up - also
ProvenancePresented by Mrs Vivien Graves to the National Gallery of Ireland in 1974.