Kildare Street, Dublin, recto; a Letter to his Wife, Grace, verso.

'The reference to 'Lawson' (the portrait of General Lawson) would suggest a date of about late 1906 or early 1907, about the same time as the 'Lane Dinner' (lot 29). Although it is not easy to make out what is in the bowl at the top of the lamp-post, it is very likely an illustration of the reference to Hugh Lane and his attempt to set up a Modern Art Gallery in Dublin, which eventually opened in January 1908. It may be a representation of the 'gabble and wind' being produced by the Modern Art Gallery debate, or perhaps it is Hugh Lane himself, 'lying low''.