Letter from artist of Portrait of Brigadier General Cecil Aspinall-Oglander CB CMG DSO, Royal Munster Fusiliers, 1922
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Accession Number
NAM.2020-07-12-2-1
Description
Letter from Sir Gerald Kelly PRA (1879-1972), the artist of Portrait of Brigadier General Cecil Aspinall-Oglander CB CMG DSO, Royal Munster Fusiliers, to Major Clive Aspinall, 1961 The letter states, "You are right, I did paint your father in 1922. The commission was part of some war charity and I wasn't awfully interested but I did like your father who had some splendid decorations including a Siamese Star which was fun".