Lot Essay
Another slightly larger version of the picture is in the collection of the Imperial War Museum, London and is illustrated in B. Arnold Orpen Mirror to an Age, London, 1981, p.340.
The Howitzer in Action
Details
Sir William Orpen, R.A., R.H.A. (1878-1931)
The Howitzer in Action
signed 'Orpen' (centre right)
pencil and watercolour
15 x 18½in. (38.1 x 47cm)
Executed circa 1917
The Howitzer in Action
signed 'Orpen' (centre right)
pencil and watercolour
15 x 18½in. (38.1 x 47cm)
Executed circa 1917
Provenance
The Artist's Family, thence by descent.
Exhibited
Dublin, National Gallery of Ireland, William Orpen A Centenary Exhibition, Nov.-Dec. 1978, no.201.