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Also Known As Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen
Born November 27, 1878 • Ireland
Died September 29, 1931 (aged 52) • London • England

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Orpen, Sir William: painting of Mrs. Charles S. Carstairs
Frederick Orpen Bower, detail of an oil painting by Sir William Orpen; in the University of Glasgow Art Collections
Baron Hardinge, oil painting by Sir William Orpen, 1919; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
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