Sir William Orpen RHA RA RWS (1878-1931) ''Petticoat Lane'' Pen and ink, 21 x 14cm (8� x 5�'') Inscribed with title, signed on letter verso The letter is one of several sent around 1905 when Orpen felt that Lane should be supporting him and not other artists such as Antonio Mancini As Robert O'Byrne said in his book on Lane ''Orpen harassed him from the outset for money and assistance - the final comment in the letter being '...as I am hard up' '' The picture that is referred to in the letter is a painting of Hugh Lane's sister Ruth that Lane commissioned in 1904 of Orpen in competition with John Butler Yeats. Orpen's portrait of Ruth was not judged a success as he decided to 'imitate an old master' compared to Yeats portrait which was painted in a more modernist manner. Sir William Orpen RHA RA RWS (1878-1931) ''Petticoat Lane'' Pen and ink, 21 x 14cm (8� x 5�'') Inscribed with title, signed on letter verso The letter is one of several sent around 1905 when Orpen felt that Lane should be supporting him and not other artists such as Antonio Mancini As Robert O'Byrne said in his book on Lane ''Orpen harassed him from the outset for money and assistance - the final comment in the letter being '...as I am hard up' '' The picture that is referred to in the letter is a painting of Hugh Lane's sister Ruth that Lane commissioned in 1904 of Orpen in competition with John Butler Yeats. Orpen's portrait of Ruth was not judged a success as he decided to 'imitate an old master' compared to Yeats portrait which was painted in a more modernist manner.
Sir William Orpen RHA RA RWS (1878-1931) ''Petticoat Lane'' Pen and ink, 21 x 14cm (8� x 5�'') Inscribed with title, signed on letter verso The letter is one of several sent around 1905 when Orpen felt that Lane should be supporting him and not other artists such as Antonio Mancini As Robert O'Byrne said in his book on Lane ''Orpen harassed him from the outset for money and assistance - the final comment in the letter being '...as I am hard up' '' The picture that is referred to in the letter is a painting of Hugh Lane's sister Ruth that Lane commissioned in 1904 of Orpen in competition with John Butler Yeats. Orpen's portrait of Ruth was not judged a success as he decided to 'imitate an old master' compared to Yeats portrait which was painted in a more modernist manner. Sir William Orpen RHA RA RWS (1878-1931) ''Petticoat Lane'' Pen and ink, 21 x 14cm (8� x 5�'') Inscribed with title, signed on letter verso The letter is one of several sent around 1905 when Orpen felt that Lane should be supporting him and not other artists such as Antonio Mancini As Robert O'Byrne said in his book on Lane ''Orpen harassed him from the outset for money and assistance - the final comment in the letter being '...as I am hard up' '' The picture that is referred to in the letter is a painting of Hugh Lane's sister Ruth that Lane commissioned in 1904 of Orpen in competition with John Butler Yeats. Orpen's portrait of Ruth was not judged a success as he decided to 'imitate an old master' compared to Yeats portrait which was painted in a more modernist manner.
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