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| Maighread O'Riordan donating the painting of Mrs. Murphy to William Fraher, Museum Curator |
The museum has received a donation of a painting of
Mrs. Murphy, fish seller by American artist Velma Sorensen Limmeroth. The painting won first prize at Tillamook
County Fair and Maighread brought it from the United States for the
museum.
The history of the painting is
that Velma was very touched by a poem that Michael Wright had written about
Mrs. Murphy and after hearing her history from Maighread, she decided to paint
the picture. Michael passed away while
Velma was painting the picture and Velma added the Mat Hatter’s hat in his
memory. This painting has been seen
online and was part of an art exhibition in the United States.
Velma has donated it to the museum in the
memory of Mrs. Murphy and Michael Wright R.I.P.
The painting can be viewed in the museum.