An onlooker in France, 1917-1919 by Sir William Orpen...
Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen KBE, RA, RHA (Stillorgan 1878 - London 1931)
Category
Books
Date
1921
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 3222243
Summary
Bibliographic description
x, [1], 12- 123, [1] p., 96 leaves of plates : ill., ports ; 24 cm. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (dated 1922) set in a landscape with De Lazlo's portrait of Edith Lady Londonderry in the uniform of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in a medallion above, lettered at the bottom of the plate "Edith Helen Marchioness of Londonderry. D.B.E." . Motto in Scottish Gaelic over portrait ("Tha mo cridhe's an tir nam beann" [My heart is in the land of mountains]) [i.e. Edith Helen Chaplin, m. in 1899 Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry from 1915]. Binding: Twentieth-century full crushed calf, gilt board edges, lettered direct in gilt on spine. Gilt text-block edges.Provenance: Inscribed on half-title "Lady Castlereagh Wynyard Xmas 1911 from 'Sir William' [i.e. presented to Edith Viscountess Castlereagh and from 1915 Marchioness of Londonderry]. Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (dated 1922) set in a landscape with De Lazlo's portrait of Edith Lady Londonderry in the uniform of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in a medallion above, lettered at the bottom of the plate "Edith Helen Marchioness of Londonderry. D.B.E." . Motto in Scottish Gaelic over portrait ("Tha mo cridhe's an tir nam beann" [My heart is in the land of mountains]) [i.e. Edith Helen Chaplin, m. in 1899 Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry from 1915]. Binding: Twentieth-century full calf, gilt lettering on spine. Binder's stamp on upper turn-in "Bagguley Newcastle-under-Lyme".
Makers and roles
Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen KBE, RA, RHA (Stillorgan 1878 - London 1931)