Orps [Wiliam Orpen], Hotal Majestic, Paris, to my dear Lambkin

RA Collection: Archive

Reference code

RAA/SEC/4/99/13

Title

Orps [Wiliam Orpen], Hotal Majestic, Paris, to my dear Lambkin

Date

10 Nov 1921

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1p.

Previous reference codes

602, RAC 1, OR 20

Content Description

Orpen confirms that his portrait of Sir William McCormick was wholly executed in London. He adds the signatures of two witnesses in support of his statement. These purport to be the signatures of Michael Collins and Eamon de Valera, but are probably a joke on the part of Orpen.