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     Orpen and the British War Painters
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    The Irish have put one over [[strikethrough]] [[accept?]] [[/strikethrough]] on the English.  [[strikethrough]] Of course not for the first [[/strikethrough]]  Or rather they've put over another.  [[strikethrough]] [[Her?]] [[/strikethrough]]  Here are the English, who dominate the British scheme, sending over to great America a collection of British paintings of the War. With considerable éclat [[strikethrough]] this [[/strikethrough]] the show [[strikethrough]] was [[/strikethrough]] launching here in New York, [[same?]] sumptuous catalog, the beautiful Andersen
Galleries [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] 50 cents admission and all that.  But what is [[strikethrough]] the est [[/strikethrough]] this British war art exhibition? It is mainly an exhibition of the [[strikethrough]] over[[/strikethrough]] powerful [[strikethrough]] work art [[/strikethrough]] painting of an Irishman. - William Orpen - - [[strikethrough]] selected [[/strikethrough]] knighted by the English and sent forth with pots, brushes and heavy sealed British credentials to see the big war, put it down on canvas and bears it as the official record of the immense Teuto - Anglo, Franco [[strikethrough]] Italo[[/strikethrough]] Latin clash of arms of memorable
1914-18.  And how has this Irish man [[strikethrough]] [[son?]] [[/strikethrough]] acquited himself.  This little man with a pointed nose this ferret eyed little bogie  how has he committed his

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task.  On another page Mr Duncan Scott Rent of London tells about Orpen so

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Shiel Richard Lalor  reply to Lyndhursts remark in the Lords of Irish being "Aliens."

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   Mr Henry says Early Autumn was bought from Wyant $300
   The Orpens here at the Anderson Galleries made a tremendous impression.  For one thing they shook the vanity of [[strikethrough]] the [[sn?]] [[pub?]] [[/strikethrough]] our much exploited young prize winning painters to the roots.  I saw and heard more than one of these chaps rage through the galleries white with disappointed at the evidence 

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Here is a link to info on William Orpen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Orpen