[Cropped letter from William Orpen to Mrs St George with a sketch of 'The Window']

Handwritten letter which has been cropped removing the majority of the text. In the section that remains Orpen informs Mrs St George that he sold 'the little Window Picture' to the art dealer Marchant, for £250. Included is a small sketch of 'The Window' (1907).

(1907)

Ink on paper

Orpen painted 'The Window, Night' in 1907.

Private Collection

Prints & Drawings Department

 

I sold that little window picture
do you remember it -
to Marchant on Saturday
Pr. 250 I was surprised
At his giving so much

Sir William Orpen, Irish artist, born in Dublin, Orpen trained at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art before moving to London to study at the Slade School of Fine Art. He remained in London and became a highly successful portrait and subject painter. Appointed Official War Artist in 1917, Orpen left for France and was stationed at Amiens and the Somme Battlefields. He returned to London after the war and remained there until his death.

Florence Evelyn St George, eldest child of New York banker George F Baker. In 1906 while married to Howard Bligh St George she began a relationship with Sir William Orpen.