Sir William Hamilton at The Royal Canal Dublin by Sean Keating.
This beautiful charcoal drawing by one of William Orpen's students [...]
This beautiful charcoal drawing by one of William Orpen's students [...]
There are a number of reasons why I chose the song "Roses of Picardy" to accompany this slide show of paintings by Sir William Orpen: The song was written in 1916 (by Frederick Weatherly) and Orpen would have been familiar with it.