Letter from Sir William Orpen to Lady Beatrice Glenavy (Or-24/Or-25/Or-26)

One of a collection of 36 letters all illustrated with ink or pencil sketches. Most are addressed to "Bridgit" from "Dijit". In this letter Orpen complains to Beatrice that he doesn't like the artwork that was used for a Slavonic author's book cover. He includes a rough sketch of that cover. Orpen also draws a re-imagining of the cover art, in colour, of a nude woman looking towards a heart in the sky. Also included is Orpen's self-portrait of being "crowned by the King" with an audience cheering, in colour, underneath he writes "The Earl of Jammet".

In Collection:

• Sir William Orpen Illustrated Letters

Creator

• Orpen, William, Sir, 1878-1931

Contributor

• Glenavy, Beatrice Moss Campbell, Baroness, 1883-1970

Subject

• Painters--Correspondence
• Orpen, William, Sir, 1878-1931
• Glenavy, Beatrice Moss Campbell, Baroness, 1883-1970
• Painters--Biography

Language

• eng

Date created

• approximately 1901 to approximately 1920

Resource type

• Still Image
• Text

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 3 pages

Geographic coverage

• England

Coordinates

• 54, -2

Additional physical characteristics

• Handwritten with illustrations. Letterhead of 8, South Bolton Gardens, S. W.

Physical repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Sir William Orpen Illustrated Letters

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• correspondence
• personal correspondence
• drawings (visual works)
• letters (correspondence)
• sketches

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 1996-078; Item: Or-24/Or-25/Or-26

Fonds title

• Sir William Orpen Collection

Fonds identifier

• SC089

Is referenced by

• Finding aid for special collections fonds: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/sir-william-orpen-collection

Date digitized

• July 22, 2004

Technical note

• 400 dpi TIFF. Metadata by MT.

Rights

• This material may be protected by copyright. Personal use of this material is without restriction but acknowledgement of Special Collections and University Archives, University of Victoria is requested whether the use is oral, web or in print. Commercial use of any portion of this material requires permission from Special Collections and University Archives.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/ghex-mg89

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