The Letter

Sir William Orpen, R.A., R.H.A. (1878-1931) The Letter signed 'ORPEN' (lower right) pencil, watercolour and coloured chalk 19½ x 14¼ in. (49.5 x 36.2 cm.) To be sold with a signed, limited edition copy of Stories of Old Ireland and Myself by Sir William Orpen, numbered 2/100 and published in 1924, which includes a signed, dated and dedicated self-portrait in the frontispiece; two illustrated letters from Sir William Orpen to Stanley Austin Esq., from the Hotel Majestic, Paris; and a small signed and inscribed portrait study on the back of a menu at the R.A. Club, 7 March 1929. 5