Sir William Orpen, R.A.

Messrs. P. & D. Colnaghi & Obach, London (acquired circa 1912-1916)

Private Collection, Connecticut

Acquired from the above by the present owner

William Orpen met his future wife, Grace Knewstub, while on holiday with fellow artists Augustus John and Charles Conder at Vattetot-sur-Mer, Normandy in the summer of 1899. They married in London in August 1901 and remained close friends of Augustus and Ida John. They had three children, Diana, Christine and Mary. Grace's elder sister, Alice Mary Knewstub, was married to the painter William Rothenstein.