[Sir William Orpen asks Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope to help make a doll's house for the Daily Mirror characters Pip, Squeak and Wilfred.] Autograph Letter Signed ('William Orpen') to 'Sir Arthur', explaining the project on behalf of the Daily Mirror.
1p., 8vo. In good condition, lightly aged, with small tissue mounts adhering to blank reverse. The subject is the dolls house 'Mirror Grange', made for the Daily Mirror's comic characters Pip, Squeak and Wilfred. The letter begins: 'Dear Sir Arthur – I have been asked by “The Daily Mirror” to write to you to find out if you would help them with their Dolls House which is to tour the country to collect money for charity. | The House is designed by Maxwell Ayrton | Decorations by Sherringham [sic, for George Sheringham]'. He explains that he is contributing by 'doing portraits of Pip, Squeak and Wilfred', and that the Daily Mirror would like Cope 'to do portraits of the King Queen and Prince of Wales on panels 3 ½ + 2 ¼ inches. He apologises for making the request, adding: 'I don't like begging'.