Wheel from the funeral car for Wellington
publisher: Royal Dublin Society
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives

Articles for Immediate Personal or Domestic Use
publisher: Royal Dublin Society
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives

Catalogue Cover
publisher: Royal Dublin Society
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives

Grief
creator: Foley, John Henry, 1818-1874
creator: Engraving by T. W. Knight
publisher: Royal Dublin Society
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives

Sir John Benson
publisher: Royal Dublin Society
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives

Art and Industry: The Role of the RDS in the Organisation of the Dublin Great Industrial Exhibition of 1853
creator: Royal Dublin Society
source: RDS Library & Archives
publisher: Royal Dublin Society
date: 2023
contributor: Cora McDonagh
contributor: Natasha Serne
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives
format: PDF
language: English
coverage: 1853

Portrait of Felix E. Hackett
subject: Hackett, Felix (Edward), 1882-1970
subject: Portrait painting, Irish--20th century
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: Portrait of Felix Edward Hackett
creator: Brandt, Muriel (Kathleen), 1909-1981
source: RDS Art Collection
date: 1967
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Painting
identifier: RDS_treasures_155_Brandt_Felix Hackett.jpg
coverage: 1967

The Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 2: for the years 1878 to 1881
subject: Royal Dublin Society
subject: 19th century
description: The digital reproduction of the Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 2, for the years 1878 to 1881.
creator: Royal Dublin Society
publisher: Royal Dublin Society
date: 1878-1881
contributor: RDS Library & Archives
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: The Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society Vol. 2 (1878-81)
format: PDF
language: English
type: Print
coverage: 1878-1881
coverage: Dublin, Ireland

The Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 1: for the years 1877 to 1882
subject: Royal Dublin Society
subject: 19th century
description: The digital reproduction of the Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society Volume 1, for the years 1877 to 1882.
creator: Royal Dublin Society
publisher: Royal Dublin Society
date: 1877-1882
contributor: RDS Library & Archives
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: The Scientific Transactions of the Royal Dublin Society Vol. 1 (1877-82)
format: PDF
language: English
type: Print
coverage: 1877-1882
coverage: Dublin, Ireland

1866 Charter of Queen Victoria
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: The Charter of Victoria Creating an Executive Council. An original counterpart copy, 1866.
creator: Unknown Artist
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1866
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Works on paper
identifier: RDS_treasures_96_Maker unknown_1866 Charter.jpg
coverage: 1866

1750 Charter of George II
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: The Charter of George II Giving the Society a Corporate Status Under Law. An original counterpart copy, 1750.
creator: Unknown Artist
source: RDS Art Collection
date: 1750
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Works on paper
identifier: RDS_treasures_95_Maker unknown_1750 Charter.jpg
coverage: 1750

The RDS Ballsbridge Premises
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: Depicting the Society's present headquarters at Ballsbridge. One of a set of four, including Ballsbridge, Leinster House, Hawkins Street & Grafton Street.
creator: Liddy, Pat, 1944-
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: Ca.2004
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Works on paper
coverage: Ca.2004

The RDS Leinster House Premises
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: Depicting the Society's former headquarters at Leinster House. One of a set of four, including Ballsbridge, Leinster House, Hawkins Street & Grafton Street.
creator: Liddy, Pat, 1944-
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: Ca.2004
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Works on paper
identifier: RDS_treasures_423_Liddy_Leinster House.jpg
coverage: Ca.2004

The RDS Hawkins Street Premises
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: Depicting the Society's former headquarters at Hawkins Street. One of a set of four, including Ballsbridge, Leinster House, Hawkins Street & Grafton Street.
creator: Liddy, Pat, 1944-
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: Ca.2004
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Works on paper
identifier: RDS_treasures_423_Liddy_Hawkins Street.jpg
coverage: Ca.2004

The RDS Grafton Street Premises
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: Depicting the Society's former headquarters at Grafton Street. One of a set of four, including Ballsbridge, Leinster House, Hawkins Street & Grafton Street.
creator: Liddy, Pat, 1944-
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: Ca.2004
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Works on paper
identifier: RDS_treasures_423_Liddy_Grafton Street.jpg
coverage: Ca.2004

An RDS Boyle Medal
subject: Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691
subject: Medals
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: The Robert Boyle medal awarded by the RDS for scientific excellence.
creator: Unknown Artist
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1899
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Medals
identifier: RDS_treasures_459_unknown_Boyle medal obverse.jpg
identifier: RDS_treasures_459_unknown_Boyle medal reverse.jpg
coverage: 1899

An RDS Gold Medal
subject: Medals
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: An oval form gold medal with silver and gold suspension loop from which are a burgandy-coloured ribbon with three bars and a pin, the obverse with Minerva seated left with head turned towards right, with cornucopia with fruits in right hand, lower arm resting on shield with ornamental harp, with motto NOSTRI PLENA LABORIS, the reverse engraved To Mrs. Catherine Walker From The Dublin Society For Her Culture of Saffron 1766.
creator: Unknown Artist
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1766
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Medal
identifier: RDS_treasures_458_Unknown_Saffron medal obverse.jpg
identifier: RDS_treasures_458_Unknown_Saffron medal reverse.jpg
coverage: 1766

The RDS Assistant Secretary’s Coffee Pot
subject: Silver
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: A George III, baluster-shaped coffee pot, with scrolled spout and handle fretted with scrolling acanthus leaves, beading, the hinged domed top with plain knop finial, the spreading circular foot, gadrooned border engraved with an armorial, the base inscribed The gift of the Silk Mercers of the City of Dublin to the Revd Peter Chaigneau Assistant Secretary Dublin Society 1768 in an ebonised glazed tabletop display cabinet with silvered presentation inscription plaque.
creator: Sheffield Silver Company
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1768
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Silver
identifier: RDS_treasures_448_Sheffield Silver Co_Cofffee Pot 1.jpg
coverage: 1768

Leinster House
subject: Leinster House (Dublin, Ireland)
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: Sketch of the facade of Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin, with a partial view of the rotundas of the National Library and the National Museum. Inscribed verso: Presented to M.E. Dockrell T.D. by his constituency Feb. 1975.
creator: Martin, Liam C., 1934-
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1973
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Works on paper
identifier: RDS_treasures_573_Martin_Leinster House.jpg
coverage: 1973

Two Cellos
subject: Musical instruments
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: Semi-abstract sculpture of two cellos standing back-to-back.
creator: Pálfy, Miklós A.
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 20th century
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Sculpture
identifier: RDS_treasures_574_Palfy_Cellos 1.jpg
identifier: RDS_treasures_574_Palfy_Cellos 2.jpg
identifier: RDS_treasures_574_Palfy_Cellos 3.jpg
coverage: 20th century

Inner Rim Vessel
subject: Woodturning
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: A balloon-shaped vessel of ebonised oak, the neck with a double rim.
creator: Flynn, Liam, 1969-2017
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1997
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Craft
identifier: RDS_treasures_431_Flynn_bowl 1.jpg
coverage: 1997

Bust after Francis Bacon’s ‘Three Studies for a Self-portrait (1972)’
subject: Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992
subject: Portrait sculpture, Irish-21st century
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: The subject modelled after Bacon’s self-portrait triptych which he made in 1972.
creator: Swan, Eleanor, b.1959
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 2010
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Ceramics
identifier: RDS_treasures_416_Swan_Bacon 1.jpg
coverage: 2010

Thomas Kane McClintock Bunbury, 2nd Baron Rathdonnell
subject: McClintock-Bunbury, Thomas Kane, 1848-1929
subject: Portrait painting, Irish--20th century
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: Thomas Kane McClintock Bunbury, 2nd Baron Rathdonnell (1848-1929), Anglo-Irish peer, British Army officer and politician, President of the Society (1913-29), Vice President of the Society (1902-13). The subject depicted three-quarter length, in three-quarter right profile, seated in a brown leather armchair next to which are a red-bound book and papers on a low table; against a ochre coloured, non-descript background; holding a folded newspaper in his left hand, wearing a dark three-piece suit, a gold watch chain extending across his waistcoat; signed and dated l.r. Oswald Birley 1922.
creator: Birley, Oswald, 1880-1952
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1922
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Painting
coverage: 1922

Dervilla M.X. Donnelly
subject: Donnelly, Dervilla
subject: Portrait painting, Irish--20th century
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: The subject depicted half length, directed slightly to the left, her face in frontal profile, seated in a chair, wearing a blue jacket, signed l.r. D Hone.
creator: Hone, David, 1929-2023
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1996
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Painting
coverage: 1996

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
subject: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
subject: Portrait Painting, Irish--20th century
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: The subject depicted seated at his harpsichord, wearing a red suit, signed and dated l.l. Micheal O Nuallain 99.
creator: Ó Nualláin, Micháel
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1999
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Painting
identifier: RDS_treasures_401_O Nualain_Mozart.jpg
coverage: 1999

John Joly
subject: Joly, John, 1857-1933
subject: Sculpture, Irish--20th century
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: Portrait bust of John Joly, geologist. Signed OLIVER SHEPPARD RHA 1930 and entitled JOHN JOLY.
creator: Sheppard, Oliver, 1865-1941
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1930
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Sculpture
identifier: RDS_treasures_334_Sheppard_Joly 1.jpg
identifier: RDS_treasures_334_Sheppard_Joly 2.jpg
identifier: RDS_treasures_334_Sheppard_Joly 3.jpg
coverage: 1930

Mary Ann Hutton
subject: Hutton, Mary A. (Mary Ann), 1862-1953
subject: Sculpture, Irish--20th century
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: The subject modelled as a young woman, hair tied back in a bun, wearing a dress, the reverse inscribed and dated 1903.
creator: Shaw, Kathleen Trousdell, 1865-1958
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1903
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Sculpture
identifier: RDS_treasures_329_Shaw_Hutton 3.jpg
identifier: RDS_treasures_329_Shaw_Hutton 1.jpg
identifier: RDS_treasures_329_Shaw_Hutton 2.jpg
coverage: 1903

Walrus Head
subject: Pangnirtung (Inuit community)
subject: Sculpture, Canadian
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: A carved head of a walrus, the head of soapstone, the tusks of scrimshaw.
creator: Pangnirtung Co-operative
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1977
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Sculpture
coverage: 1977

The Houseless Wanderer
subject: Sculpture, British--19th century
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: The subject modelled as a young girl, a blanket wrapped around her, standing beside a tree stump, signed and dated J H Foley Sculp London 1842.
creator: Foley, John Henry, 1818-1874
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1842
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Sculpture
identifier: RDS_treasures_307_Foley_Wanderer 2.jpg
identifier: RDS_treasures_307_Foley_Wanderer 5.jpg
coverage: 1842

Pity
subject: Sculpture, Irish--20th century
description: The subject modelled as a young man, wearing a floral crown, head cast down, both arms truncated at the shoulder, both legs truncated below the knee, inscribed R B O’Brien SC 1934
creator: Ganly, Brigid
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1934
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Sculpture
identifier: RDS_treasures_303_Ganly_Pity 1.jpg
identifier: RDS_treasures_303_Ganly_Pity 2.jpg
identifier: RDS_treasures_303_Ganly_Pity 3.jpg
coverage: 1934

The Dying Gaul
subject: Sculpture, European
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: After an Ancient Roman marble copy of a lost Greek statue in bronze thought to have been commissioned sometime between 230 and 220 BC by King Attalus I of Pergamon. It portrays a Gallic warrior in his last moments, as he struggles from a fatal wound, his face contorted in pain. Modelled as a naked man with a Celtic torc around his neck, on the ground atop his shield, wounded and supporting himself with one arm, the other resting weakly on his bent leg. The hand on the ground is next to a broken sword and his head is bent downwards. He is bleeding from a chest wound on the left side of the rib cage.
creator: Unknown Artist
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 19th century
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Sculpture
identifier: RDS_treasures_273_Unknown_Gaul 1.jpg
identifier: RDS_treasures_273_Unknown_Gaul 3.jpg
identifier: RDS_treasures_273_Unknown_Gaul 5.jpg
identifier: RDS_treasures_273_Unknown_Gaul 6.jpg
identifier: RDS_treasures_273_Unknown_Gaul 7.jpg
coverage: 19th century

Statuette of Oliver Goldsmith
subject: Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?-1774
subject: Sculpture, British--19th century
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: The subject modelled standing, wearing a coat, waistcoat & scarf, head cast down, holding an open book in his left hand. The base inscribed Goldsmith and with further inscription J H Foley RA SC London 1860.
creator: Foley, John Henry, 1818-1874
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: Ca.1861-65
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Sculpture
identifier: RDS_treasures_272_Foley_Goldsmith 2.jpg
identifier: RDS_treasures_272_Foley_Goldsmith 4
coverage: Ca.1861-65

Statuette of Sir Anthony Van Dyck
subject: Van Dyck, Anthony, 1599-1641
subject: Sculpture, British--19th century
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: A tabletop statuette after John Michael Rysbrack's statue of Sir Anthony van Dyck. The subject modelled as the artist standing with an artist’s palette and brushes leaning against a draped pillar.
creator: Rysbrack, John Michael, 1694-1770
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1743
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Sculpture
identifier: RDS_treasures_258_Rysbrack_Van Dyck 2.jpg
identifier: RDS_treasures_258_Rysbrack_Van Dyck 3.jpg
coverage: 1743

Statuette of Sir Walter Scott
subject: Scott, Walter (Writer)
subject: Sculpture, British--19th century
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: A tabletop sculpture after John Greenshield's public monument to Sir Walter Scott in George Square, Edinburgh (1834-8, completed after Greenshield's death in 1835 by John Ritchie and William Mossman I). The subject modelled seated on a chair with crossed legs, holding a cane in his right hand.
creator: Greenshields, John, 1795-1835
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1834-38
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Sculpture
identifier: RDS_treasures_255_Greenshields_Scott 2.jpg
identifier: RDS_treasures_255_Greenshields_Scott 4.jpg
coverage: 1834-38

Amazon Fighting a Panther
subject: Sculpture, European
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: Moritz Geiss, after a model by August Karl Eduard Kiss. Modelled as a female warrior astride a horse being attacked by a panther, inscribed M. GEISS BERLIN, the base with inscription plaque AMAZON / AFTER KISS.
creator: Geiss, Moritz, 1805-1875
creator: Kiss, August, 1802-1865
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: After 1842
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Sculpture
identifier: RDS_treasures_251_Geiss_Amazon 1.jpg
identifier: RDS_treasures_251_Geiss_Amazon 3.jpg
identifier: RDS_treasures_251_Geiss_Amazon 5.jpg
identifier: RDS_treasures_251_Geiss_Amazon 7.jpg
identifier: RDS_treasures_251_Geiss_Amazon 8.jpg
coverage: After 1842

West Prospect of the Giants' Causeway
subject: Giant's Causeway (Northern Ireland)
subject: Topographical drawing
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: A view of the Giant’s Causeway from a westerly direction.
creator: Vivarès, François, 1709-1780
creator: Drury, Susannah, 1698-1770
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1743
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Works on paper
identifier: RDS_treasures_197_Drury_Causeway west.jpg
identifier: RDS_treasures_197_Drury_Causeway west framed.jpg
coverage: 1743

Portrait of Mrs. Margaret ‘Peg’ Woffington
subject: Portrait painting, Irish--18th century
subject: Royal Dublin Society
subject: Woffington, Margaret, -1760
description: The subject depicted in bust length, facing right with head inclined to front, wearing a lace-trimmed blue coat and hat, a landscape beyond, within a painted oval.
creator: Lewis, John, fl.1750-1757
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: Ca.1750
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Painting
identifier: RDS_treasures_27_Lewis_Woffington framed.jpg
coverage: Ca.1750

Ceres and Triptolemus
subject: Decorative painting
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: Painting en griseille, depicting Ceres and Triptolemus (Science and Agriculture).
creator: De Gree, Peter, d.1789
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1787
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Painting
identifier: RDS_treasures_160_Gree_Science and agriculture.jpg
coverage: 1787

Portrait of a Gentleman with a Ruff
subject: Portrait painting, Dutch
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: Depicts a gentleman bust leangth, wearing a black doublet and a white ruff.
creator: Ravesteyn, Jan van, approximately 1572-1657
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: Ca.1650
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Painting
identifier: RDS_treasures_187_Ravesteyn_Gentleman with ruff.jog
identifier: RDS_treasures_187_Ravesteyn_Gentleman with ruff framed.jpg
coverage: Ca.1650

Still Life with Dead Game Birds
subject: Still life painting
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: Depicts two dead game birds on a table.
creator: Vonck, Elías, 1605-1652
source: RDS Treasures Collection
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Painting
identifier: RDS_treasures_142_Vonck_Dead game.jpg
identifier: RDS_treasures_142_Vonck_Dead game framed 1.jpg
coverage: Ca.1650

Portrait of Elizabeth Wriothesley, Countess of Northumberland
subject: Portrait painting, Irish--18th century
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: The subject depicted three-quarter length, standing, directed right, face in three-quarter profile, wearing an orange dress, white chemise and blue wrap, in a landscape.
creator: Lely, Peter, 1618-1680
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: Ca.1660
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Painting
identifier: RDS_treasures_140_Lely_Wriothesley framed.jpg
coverage: Ca.1660

Jacob's Dream
subject: History painting
description: Depicts Jacob sleeping in a woodland in the lower right foregound, with angels in the background.
creator: Jordaens, Jacob, 1593-1678
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: Ca.1650
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Painting
identifier: RDS_treasures_122_Jordaens_Jacob's Dream.jpg
identifier: RDS_treasures_122_Jordaens_Jacob's Dream framed.jpg
coverage: Ca.1650

The Angel Releasing Saint Peter from Prison
subject: History painting
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: Depicts a winged angel, wearing a white robe, to the right of the composition, his head cast downwards to St. Peter, who wears a blue robe and yellow mantle, and is crawling in the lower centre of the composition; two other figures look on, one in the lower left corner and another in the middle ground behind St. Peter.
creator: Cuyp, Benjamin Gerritsz, 1612-1652
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: Ca.1640
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Painting
identifier: RDS_treasures_9_Cuyp_Angel and St Peter.jpg
identifier: RDS_treasures_9_Cuyp_Angel and St Peter framed.jpg
coverage: Ca.1640

Saint Paul Preaching in Athens
subject: History painting
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: St. Paul depicted to the right of the composition, wearing a green robe and red mantle, standing on a low plinth, right arm extended, preaching in a temple with a landscape beyond; behind him a group of six figures, one seated; to the right of the composition are another group of figures, one wearing a dark blue robe, his right arm outstretched towards St. Paul and being clutched by a child; another child crawls on the ground in front of St. Paul; in the background is another group of seated figures.
creator: De la Hyre, Laurent, 1606-1656
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: Ca.1650
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Painting
identifier: RDS_treasures_6_De La Hyre_St Paul Preaching.jpg
identifier: RDS_treasures_6_De La Hyre_St Paul Preaching framed.jpg
coverage: Ca.1650

Battle Scene with Burning Town
subject: Landscape painting
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: An extensive mountainous and wooded landscape, with soldiers leaving a burning town.
creator: Huchtenburg, Jan van, 1647-1733
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: Ca.1730
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Painting
identifier: RDS_treasures_4_Huchtenberg_Burning hamlet.jpg
identifier: RDS_treasures_4_Huchtenberg_Burning hamlet framed.jpg
coverage: Ca.1730

Battle Scene with Victorious Soldiers
subject: Landscape painting
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: An extensive mountainous and wooded landscape, with soldiers bearing away the spoils.
creator: Huchtenburg, Jan van, 1647-1733
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: Ca.1730
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Painting
identifier: RDS_treasures_2_Huchtenberg_Victorious soldiers.jpg
identifier: RDS_treasures_2_Huchtenberg_Victorious soldiers framed.jpg
coverage: Ca.1730

Horse Show Heroes: A History of Show Jumping at the Dublin Horse Show
creator: Royal Dublin Society
date: 2023
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
format: MP4

Conor Swail on Count Me In with Aga Khan trophy
description: Conor Swail on Count Me In, winners of the Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup of Ireland, holding the Aga Khan trophy at Dublin in 2022.
creator: Royal Dublin Society
date: 2022
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.

Comdt. John Ledingham on Kilbaha
description: Comdt. John Ledingham on Kilbaha, winner of The Nations Cup at Dublin in 1997.
creator: Royal Dublin Society
date: 1997
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.

Eddie Macken on Boomerang
description: Eddie Macken on Boomerang
creator: Royal Dublin Society
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.

Diana Conolly-Carew on Barrymore
description: Diana Conolly-Carew on Barrymore, The International Grand Prix of Ireland winners for Ireland, Dublin, 1966.
creator: Royal Dublin Society
date: 1966
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.

Comdt. Ged O’Dwyer on Limerick Lace
subject: Royal Dublin Society. Horse Show
subject: Dublin Horse Show
description: Comdt. Ged O’Dwyer on Limerick Lace, for Ireland, winners of the International Jumping Competition in Dublin, 1934.
creator: Royal Dublin Society
date: 1934
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
format: Black and white photograph
type: Still image

Galway Blazers
subject: Royal Dublin Society. Horse Show
subject: Dublin Horse Show
description: The Galway Blazers at the Inter-Hunt Competition at Dublin in 1927.
creator: Royal Dublin Society
date: 1927
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
format: Black and white photograph
type: Still image

Richard Flynn and Shaun Rhue
subject: Royal Dublin Society. Horse Show
subject: Dublin Horse Show
description: The first winners of the Dublin Horse Show 'lepping' competition in 1868.
creator: Royal Dublin Society
date: 1868
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
format: Black and white photograph
type: Still image

Dublin Horse Show 2023 Exhibition Thumbnail
creator: RDS Library & Archives

Horse Show Heroes: A History of Show Jumping at the Dublin Horse Show
description: Horse Show Heroes: A History of Show Jumping at The Dublin Horse Show From the introduction of some the world’s earliest jumping courses to its continuing support of riders and breeders the Dublin Horse Show has been instrumental in the development of show jumping on a national and international level. This exhibition, drawn from material in the RDS Library & Archives, explores the history of show jumping at Dublin, along with some of the notable competitors who have taken part in the Show over its long and illustrious history.
creator: Royal Dublin Society
source: RDS Library & Archives
date: 2023
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
format: PDF
language: English
type: Exhibition
coverage: Dublin, Ireland
coverage: 1864-2023

Thumbnail NHW 2023 Exhibition
creator: RDS Library & Archives
date: 2023

Truth Be Told: According to the Archives
subject: RDS Art Collection
description: National Heritage Week 2023 Exhibition Video
creator: RDS Library & Archives
source: RDS Library & Archives
date: 2023
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
format: MP4
language: English
coverage: 2023

Divinarum institutionum libri septem
subject: 15th century
subject: History
subject: Theology
subject: Humanism
subject: Renaissance
subject: Manuscripts
description: The RDS digital reproduction of Divinarum institutionum libri septem by L. Caelius Firmianus Lactantius, in a Renaissance manuscript written in Florence, Italy, circa. 1430. The seven books of the Diuinae institutiones, are the most important work by Lactantius, Christian author and advisor to Roman emperor, Constantine the Great. They are an apologetic treatise that includes a defense of Christianity and a criticism of pagan religion, philosophy and morals. In this Renaissance manuscript, each of the seven books has a sectional title in red script followed by an illuminated initial. The seven illuminated initials feature hues of gold, blue, yellow, green and brown, interwoven with illustrations of white vine. The text is in Latin, with some interlinear Greek translation. It is speculated that the book was inscribed by Niccolò Niccoli and another unknown scribe.
creator: Lucius Caelius Firmianus Lactantius
publisher: Royal Dublin Society
date: Approx. 1430
contributor: RDS Library & Archives
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: Divinarum institutionum libri septem / L. Caelius Firmianus Lactantius.
format: PDF
language: Greek
language: Latin
coverage: Florence, Italy

The petitions book of the Dublin Society: for the years 1761 to 1762
subject: Royal Dublin Society
subject: 18th century
subject: History
subject: Industries
subject: Manuscripts
description: The digital reproduction of the manuscript petitions book of the Dublin Society, for the years 1761 to 1762.
creator: Royal Dublin Society
publisher: Royal Dublin Society
date: 1761-1762
contributor: RDS Library & Archive
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: Proceedings of the Dublin Society on the several petitions of sundry manufacturers and others and the dispostion of the sum of ten thousand pounds, committed to their determination, by order of the Right Honble & Honble the Knights Citizens and Burgesses in parliament assembled, session 1761 & 1762.
format: PDF
language: English
type: Manuscript
coverage: 1761-1762
coverage: Dublin, Ireland

The treasurer's book of the Dublin Society (1731 to 1739)
subject: Royal Dublin Society
subject: 18th century
subject: History
subject: Industries
subject: Manuscripts
description: The digital reproduction of the manuscript treasurer's book of the Dublin Society, for the years 1731 to 1739.
creator: Royal Dublin Society
publisher: Royal Dublin Society
date: 1731-1739
contributor: RDS Library & Archives
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
format: PDF
language: English
type: Manuscript
coverage: 1731-1739
coverage: Dublin, Ireland

Register and letter book of the Dublin Society (1731-1736)
subject: Royal Dublin Society
subject: 18th century
subject: History
subject: Industries
subject: Manuscripts
description: The digital reproduction of the manuscript register and book of letters of the Dublin Society, for the years 1731 to 1736.
creator: Royal Dublin Society
publisher: Royal Dublin Society
date: 1731-1736
contributor: RDS Library & Archives
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
format: PDF
language: English
type: Manuscript
coverage: 1731-1736

Dublin Society Council minute book (1758-1761)
subject: Royal Dublin Society
subject: 18th century
subject: History
subject: Industries
subject: Manuscripts
description: The digital reproduction of the manuscript book of minutes of the Dublin Society, for the years 1758 to 1761.
creator: Royal Dublin Society
publisher: Royal Dublin Society
date: 1758-1761
contributor: RDS Library & Archives
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: Dublin Society's rough minute book, 1758, 1759, 1760, 1761.
format: PDF
language: English
type: Manuscript
coverage: 1758-1761
coverage: Dublin, Ireland

Dublin Society Council minute book (1752-1755)
subject: Royal Dublin Society
subject: 18th century
subject: History
subject: Industries
subject: Manuscripts
description: The digital reproduction of the manuscript book of minutes of the Dublin Society, for the years 1752 to 1755.
creator: Royal Dublin Society
publisher: Royal Dublin Society
date: 1752-1755
contributor: RDS Library & Archives
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: Minute book of the Dublin Society: from 1752-1755
format: PDF
language: English
type: Manuscript
coverage: 1752-1755
coverage: Dublin, Ireland

Dublin Society Council minute book (1750-1757)
subject: Royal Dublin Society
subject: 18th century
subject: History
subject: Industries
subject: Manuscripts
description: The digital reproduction of the manuscript book of minutes of the Dublin Society, for the years 1750 to 1757.
creator: Royal Dublin Society
publisher: Royal Dublin Society
date: 1750-1757
contributor: RDS Library & Archives
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: Minute book of the Dublin Society: from May 3rd 1750 to 24th November 1757
format: PDF
language: English
type: Manuscript
coverage: 1750-1757
coverage: Dublin, Ireland

Dublin Society Council minute book (1741-1746)
subject: Royal Dublin Society
subject: 18th century
subject: History
subject: Industries
subject: Manuscripts
description: The digital reproduction of the manuscript book of minutes of the Dublin Society, for the years 1741 to 1746.
creator: Royal Dublin Society
publisher: Royal Dublin Society
date: 1741-1746
contributor: RDS Library & Archives
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: Fair minute book and proceedings of the Dublin Society from 19th November 1741 - 10th July 1746
format: PDF
language: English
type: Manuscript
coverage: 1741-1746
coverage: Dublin, Ireland

Register and minute book of the Dublin Society (1733-1741)
subject: Royal Dublin Society
subject: 18th century
subject: History
subject: Industries
subject: Manuscripts
description: The digital reproduction of the manuscript register and book of minutes of the Dublin Society, for the years 1733 to 1741.
creator: Royal Dublin Society
publisher: Royal Dublin Society
date: 1733-1741
contributor: RDS Library & Archives
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: Fair minute book and register of the Dublin Society: for the years, 1733-1741
format: PDF
language: English
type: Manuscript
coverage: 1733-1741
coverage: Dublin, Ireland

Register and minute book of the Dublin Society (1731-1733)
subject: Royal Dublin Society
subject: 18th century
subject: History
subject: Industries
subject: Manuscripts
description: The digital reproduction of the manuscript register and book of minutes of the Dublin Society, for the years 1731 to 1733.
creator: Royal Dublin Society
publisher: Royal Dublin Society
date: 1731-1733
contributor: RDS Library & Archives
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: Register and minute book of the Dublin Society: for the years, 1731 to 1733
format: PDF
language: English
type: Manuscript
coverage: 1731-1733
coverage: Dublin, Ireland

Portrait Bust of Francis Stuart
subject: Stuart, Francis, 1902-2000
subject: Sculpture, Irish--20th century
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: Portrait bust of Henry Francis Montgomery Stuart, Irish novelist.
creator: FitzGibbon, Marjorie Steele, 1930-2018
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1970
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Sculpture
identifier: RDS_treasures_283_FitzGibbon_Francis Stuart.jpg
coverage: 1970

Donn Cúailnge
subject: Ceramics
subject: Mythology
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: A semi-abstract representation of Donn Cúailgne (The Brown Bull of Cooley) from the mythological Irish epic An Táin Bó Cúailnge (The Cattle Raid of Cooley). The tale was written in the 12th century and set in the pre-Christian 1st century,
creator: Keeney, Christy
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 2008
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Ceramic
coverage: 2008

Girl, Reading
subject: Sculpture, British--19th century
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: The subject modelled partially seated, head cast downwards, reading a book.
creator: MacDowell, Patrick, 1799–1870
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1840
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Sculpture
identifier: RDS_treasures_326_MacDowell_Girl reading.jpg
coverage: Ca.1840

The Mattei Amazzone Ferita
subject: Sculpture, British--19th century
subject: Sculpture, Neoclassical
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: The subject modelled head cast down to proper right, her proper right arm reaching for an arrow from a quiver carried on proper left shoulder, her proper left arm by her side.
creator: Unknown Artist
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1860
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Sculpture
coverage: Ca.1860

Minerva
subject: Sculpture, British--19th century
subject: Sculpture, Neoclassical
subject: Minerva
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: The subject modelled wearing a chiton, holding the excess folds of the fabric in her left hand, a staff in her proper right hand, her hair tied with a band in a chignon.
creator: Unknown Artist
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1855
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Sculpture
coverage: Ca.1855

The Mattei Ceres
subject: Sculpture, British--19th century
subject: Sculpture, Neoclassical
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: The subject modelled standing, wearing classical robes, hair in a chignon, holding wheatsheaves and fruit in her proper left hand, on an oval marble base.
creator: Unknown Artist
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1850
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Sculpture
coverage: Ca.1850

Eve
subject: Sculpture, Italian
subject: Sculpture, Neoclassical
subject: Eve (Biblical figure)
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: A figure of Eve, The subject modelled as a nude female holding an uneaten apple in her proper right hand, long hair draped over her back, seated on a rocky floral-encrusted plinth carved with a serpent, signed G M Benzoni Roma 1859.
creator: Benzoni, Giovanni Marie, 1809-1873
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1859
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Sculpture
coverage: 1859

Manockjee Nesserwanjee, a Parsee Merchant
subject: Sculpture, British--19th century
subject: Royal Dublin Society
subject: Royal Dublin Society. Drawing Schools
description: The subject modelled as a gentleman standing, wearing a turban and robes, his arms loosely crossed across his body holding a scroll in his proper right hand.
creator: Foley, John Henry, 1818-1874
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1863
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Sculpture
coverage: 1863

Ino & the Infant Bacchus
subject: Sculpture, British--19th century
subject: Royal Dublin Society
subject: Royal Dublin Society. Drawing Schools
description: The subjects modelled partially draped, reclining on rocks, surmounted by bunches of grapes and vine leaves, the figure of Ino with outstretched proper left arm dangling a bunch of grapes (lost) above the head of Bacchus, the infant reaching upwards with both arms, signed J H Foley Sculptor London 1840, and the base inscribed Ino and Bacchus, with two applied labels numbered 189.
creator: Foley, John Henry, 1818-1874
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1840
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Sculpture
identifier: RDS_treasures_289_Foley_Ino & Bacchus.jpg
coverage: 1840

Resting Discobolus
subject: Sculpture, Neoclassical
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: Modelled as a seated discus thrower, resting on a cloak, with a title plaque inscribed DISCOBOLUS M. KESSELS ROME 1826 THE BEQUEST OF MRS ANNE D RUTLAND 1856.
creator: Kessels, Mathieu, 1784-1836
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1826
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Sculpture
coverage: 1826

Map of Ireland
subject: World maps--Early works to 1800
subject: Ireland
subject: Royal Dublin Society
creator: Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1634
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Works on paper
identifier: RDS_treasures_98_Blaeu_Map of Ireland R.jpg
coverage: 1634

Vignettes of the Dublin Horse Show
subject: Dublin Horse Show
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: Vignettes of people and events at the Dublin Horse Show.
creator: Whitmore, Olive
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1933
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Works on paper
identifier: RDS_treasures_68_Whitmore_DHS vignettes.jpg
coverage: Ca.1933

An Italianate Landscape
subject: Landscape painting, Italian--18th century
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: An Italianate landscape depicting a man sleeping on rocks beside a river, observed at his proper left side by a figure holding a staff; to his proper right, a horse grazes; set in a landscape with a Roman Temple.
creator: Bloeman (Orizzonte), Jan Franz van, 1662-1749
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1735
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Painting
identifier: RDS_treasures_93_Orizzonte_Italianate landscape.jpg
coverage: Ca.1735

Landscape, with a natural rock arch
subject: Landscape painting, Irish--18th century
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: An Italianate landscape, with two figures by a weir in the foreground, one seated, the other, a Roman solider, standing and holding a spear and gesticulating to a third figure seated on an outcrop above; a natural rock arch spans the canvas from the top left corner to the middle right edge; in the middle ground is a castle, behind which are rugged mountains extending into the background; indistinctly signed lower right.
creator: Hagen, Willem van der, 1675-1745
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1730
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Painting
identifier: RDS_treasures_31_van der Hagen_Landscape with natural rock arch.jpg
identifier: RDS_treasures_31_van der Hagen_Landscape with natural rock arch framed.jpg
coverage: Ca.1720-1745

Sir Humphrey de Trafford’s Horses
subject: De Trafford, Humphrey F. (Humphrey Francis), Sir, 1862-1929
subject: Dublin Horse Show
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: Depicts Sir Humphrey and his trainers in a paddock with ten of his hunters, all prize winners at the Horse Shows of 1902 and 1903. Signed and dated lower right.: H.F. Lucas 1904
creator: Lucas, Henry Frederick Lucas, 1848-1943
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1904
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Painting
identifier: RDS_treasures_186_Lucas_de Trafford's horses.jpg
coverage: 1904

Narcissus
subject: History painting, French
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: The subject depicted full length, directed to proper right, seated by a river and looking at his reflection, with a cherub to his proper right and two more in the sky above, set in a landscape.
creator: Boucher, François, Follower of, 1703-1770
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1750
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Painting
identifier: RDS_treasures_144_Boucher follower_Narcissus.jpg
coverage: Ca.1750

Landscape with Castle
subject: Landscape painting, Irish--18th century
description: Landscape with a castle.
creator: Ashford, William, approximately 1746-1824
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1780
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Painting
identifier: RDS_treasures_121_Ashford_Landscape with castle.jpg
coverage: Ca.1780

Still Life with Game Birds (II)
subject: Painting, Dutch--17th century
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: Still life with four dead gamebirds. A grey partridge hangs by its proper right leg above a falconry perch, from which a rufter hood hangs, and a fringed cloth is draped over the edge; above the partridge a small, short-beaked gamebird hangs by its neck; to the left of the composition, a small, long-beaked bird lies on the bell of a hunting horn and a small, short-beaked bird lies on a game bag; behind the falconry perch are (what appear to be) a hawking cage and a spring box cage propped against a wall; the entire arrangement set against a dark, non-descript interior.
creator: Vonck, Elías, 1605-1652
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1640
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Painting
identifier: RDS_treasures_143_Vonck_Still life with gamebirds.jpg
coverage: Ca.1640

Pecheurs d'Hastings
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: Seascape, with two two-mast sailboats in a stormy sea; positioned centre, the near boat, with mainsail lowered and headsail raised, tows a lifeboat and holds seven crew, one at the tiller and six attending to the rigging; positioned behind to right, the second boat, with both sails raised, holds at least three crew, one at the bow waving towards the harbour wall in the right background; debris floats on the rough sea and birds skim the waves and circle the aft mast of the near boat.
creator: Hildebrandt, Eduard, 1818-1869
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1845
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Painting
identifier: RDS_treasures_141_Hildebrandt_Pecheurs d'Hastings.jpg
coverage: Ca.1840-1850

Still Life with Hare
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: Still life with a dead hare suspended by its right hind leg, its head resting on a stone ledge; to left of the composition, an (unidentified) object on the ledge; set against a non-descript, dark background; unsigned.
creator: Collins, Charles, c.1640-1744
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: c.1735
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Painting
identifier: RDS_treasures_139_Collins_Hare framed.jpg
coverage: Ca.1735

The Blind Beggarwoman and Child
subject: Genre painting--19th century
subject: Royal Dublin Society
subject: Royal Dublin Society. Drawing Schools
description: Genre painting of a blind beggarwoman and a child. To centre right, a beggarwoman seated on a low, stone wall, directed front, head slightly inclined to proper left, hands in her lap, wearing a brown skirt with red underskirt and a worn linen apron, buff-coloured linen chemise, green-black coloured hooded cloak tied at the neck, plain cloth headcap, worn loafer-style shoes; to centre left, a child stands barefoot, directed and gazing front, lightly holding the proper right forearm of the beggarwoman with her proper left hand, in her proper right hand, a partially-glazed, brown earthenware pitcher, wearing a brown skirt with dark green underskirt, drab apron and shawl. In left background, a stone wall surmounted by a wood fence; in centre background, a large, leafy tree; in right background, several abandoned cottages; in the distance, a hill beneath a grey-clouded sky. Unsigned. George Grattan was a pupil of the Royal Dublin Society Drawing School.
creator: Grattan, George, 1787-1819
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1807
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Painting
identifier: RDS_treasures_118_Grattan_Blind Beggar.jpg
coverage: 1807

Herding Stock at Sunset
subject: Landscape painting, Belgian
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: Pastoral landscape at sunset. Positioned centre, a shepherd girl carrying a faggot in her proper left hand converses with a herdsman wearing a wide-brimmed hat and carrying a staff in his proper left hand while driving cattle and sheep on a hillock surmounted by two trees; to right at middle distance, a landscape with more trees and sheep; to left at far distance, a low-lying, bucolic landscape; the entire scene set against a vast, clear-blue sky tinged with pink-orange tones on the horizon; signed and dated lower right Edmond Tschaggeny p. 1854.
creator: Tschaggeny, Edmond Jean Baptiste, 1818-1873
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1854
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Painting
identifier: RDS_treasures_115_Tschaggeny_Herding Stock.jpg
coverage: 1854

The Joseph Widger Challenge Trophy
subject: Silver
subject: Royal Dublin Society
subject: Dublin Horse Show
description: In the form of crouching fox on a rockwork base, set with red glass eyes, the turned wooden base applied with a silver shield engraved ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY FOR JOSEPH WIDGER PERPETUAL CHALLENGE TROPHY FOR BEST MEDIUM WEIGHT HUNTER BRED IN IRELAND PRESENTED BY MRS. JOSEPH WIDGER, AUGUST 1924.
creator: William Comyns & Sons (London, UK)
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1924
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Silver
identifier: RDS_treasures_C62_Comyns & Sons_Joseph Widger trophy.jpg
coverage: 1924

The RDS Horse Show Champion Hack Challenge Cup
subject: Silver
subject: Royal Dublin Society
subject: Dublin Horse Show
description: With domed foot and tapering stem engraved with two wheatear bands, the bowl with twin scroll handles, also with chased wheatear bands at the base and rim, with an inscription reading ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY HORSE SHOW PERPETUAL CHALLENGE CUP CHAMPION HACK, the finial in the form of a horse, on an ebonised plinth. With mark of Dublin; maker and date marks worn.
creator: Unknown Artist
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1999
rights: Copyright RDS Library & Archives. Publication, transmission or display is prohibited without formal written approval of the RDS Library & Archives.
relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Silver
identifier: RDS_treasures_C19_Unknown_Champion Hack cup.jpg
coverage: 1999

The Aberdeen-Angus Association Challenge Cup
subject: Silver
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: Inscribed 1895 IRISH POLLED ABERDEEN-ANGUS ASSOCIATION CHALLENGE CUP BEST BULL, with a further inscription WON OUT IN 1897 BY A.J. OWEN ESQ. WITH HIS BULL MICK 3RD [10254] PRESENTED BY MR OWEN TO THE IRISH ABERDEEN-ANGUS ASSOCIATION, AND HAS AGAIN BEEN OFFERED BY THE ASSOCIATION FOR COMPETITION AT THE SOCIETY’S SPRING SHOWS. Made by Charles Lambe, Dublin Retailed by Waterhouse, Dublin
creator: Charles Lambe (Dublin, Ireland)
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1894
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format: Silver
identifier: RDS_treasures_C8_Lambe_Aberdeen Angus cup.jpg
coverage: 1894

The William Smith O’Brien Challenge Cup
subject: Silver
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: The campana-shaped body with two scrolling handles on a spreading foot, chased overall with foliage and flowers, further chased on one side with a woman at a spinning wheel and engraved on the other side with an inscription FLAX LIMERICK CHALLENGE CUP THIS CUP IS TO BE HELD SUBJECT TO CHALLENGE BY THE PERSON TO WHOM IT MAY BE DULY AWARDED FOR HAVING CULTIVATED IN THE SEASON PRECEDING SUCH AWARD AS OWNER OR TENANT THE GREATEST NUMBER OF ACRES UNDER A CROP OF FLAX WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE COUNTY OF LIMERICK OR AT THE COUNTY OF THE CITY OF LIMERICK IT IS CHALLENGEABLE YEARLY AND WILL BE AWARDED ON THE FOREGOING CONDITIONS AFTER THE FLAX CROP SHALL HAVE BEEN HARVESTED IN EACH YEAR THIS CUP IS TO BECOME THE PROPERTY OF THE PERSON TO WHOM IT MAY BE DULY AWARDED ON SUCCESSFUL CHALLENGE FOR CULTIVATION OF FLAX DURING THREE SUCCESSIVE SEASONS PRESENTED BY WILLIAM SMITH O’BRIEN JANUARY 1864. William Smith O’Brien (1803–64) was a Member of the Irish Parliament and a leader of the Young Ireland movement. He was an advocate of the Irish nationalist agenda and was committed to eliminating famine in Limerick.
creator: Samuel le Bas, (Dublin, Ireland)
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1863
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format: Silver
identifier: RDS_treasures_C67_Le Bas_Smith O'Brien cup.jpg
coverage: 1863

The Michael Osborne Challenge Cup
subject: Silver
subject: Royal Dublin Society
subject: Dublin Horse Show
description: An Irish parcel-gilt silver model of a hunting horn, the curved cylindrical body engraved with flutes, with silver gilt bands, the rim engraved with an early Celtic inscription COMÔRTAS NA MARCRAIḊE CURAḊ-ṀÍR, with a separate, ebonised wood and brass plinth, the base applied with silver plaques and engraved with the inscription ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY’S HORSE SHOW INTERNATIONAL MILITARY JUMPING COMPETITION PRESENTED BY THE MINISTER FOR DEFENCE, and further applied with shields with engraved names and dates. Hallmarked ‘O.R.’ with the office mark of Dublin and the date mark of 1984. Now presented for the Champion Loose Performance Colt / Gelding.
creator: Unknown Artist
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1984
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relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Silver
identifier: RDS_treasures_C59_Unknown_Michael Osborne cup.jpg
coverage: 1984

The Michael Moran Memorial Trophy
subject: Silver
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: The ovoid body on a stepped, domed base, the lower body chased with foliage, the shoulder chased with a band of trailing foliage and palmettes on a textured ground, with two handles of two entwined snakes and applied grotesque mask shields, engraved on one side with the inscription ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY HORSE SHOW PERPETUAL CHALLENGE CUP FOR THE BEST THOROUGHBRED BROOD MARE WITH FOAL AT FOOT OWNED BY AN EXHIBITOR RESIDENT IN IRELAND, and further engraved with names and dates. This cup is presented by the Royal Dublin Society in memory of Mr. Michael Moran to the winner of the Six-Year-Old ‘Cruising’ National Show Jumping Championship.
creator: Hutton & Sons (London, UK)
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1899
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format: Silver
identifier: RDS_treasures_C41_Hutton & Sons_Michael Moran trophy.jpg
coverage: 1899

The Jersey Cattle Society Trophy
subject: Silver
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: In the form of a cow, on a wood plinth with applied silver plaque inscribed ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY SPRING SHOW PERPETUAL CHALLENGE TROPHY PRESENTED BY THE JERSEY CATTLE SOCIETY OF IRELAND FOR THE BEST JERSEY COW WHICH HAS A REGISTERED LIFETIME YIELD OF NOT LESS THAN 50,000 L.B.S. OF MILK.; unmarked.
creator: Unknown Artist
source: RDS Treasures Collection
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relation: RDS Library & Archives
format: Silver
identifier: RDS_treasures_C49_Unknown_Jersey Cattle trophy.jpg
coverage: 20th century

The Department of Agriculture Short Horn Cattle Class Cup
subject: Silver
subject: Royal Dublin Society
description: Realistically modelled as The Warwick Vase, with beaded shell and dart rim, the campana-form body chased with lion’s pelts and applied in high relief with Bacchic masks and thyrsi, with a roundel of chased stiff leaves below, the twin reeded bifurcated and entwined scroll handles with vine tendrils, on a gadrooned socle and square base with a further silver mounted stone base, the sides of the stone base each applied with a silver plaque, one engraved with an inscription SPRING SHOW 1978 FOR THE BEST ANIMAL SELECTED UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE’S SHORT HORN CATTLE IMPROVEMENT SCHEME, the other side engraved with names and dates, all contained in a fitted oak case. The original Warwick Vase dates from the 2nd century B.C. and was excavated in fragments by Gavin Hamilton, a Scottish painter, antiquarian and art dealer, in 1769–70 from the grounds of the Villa Tiburtina near Tivoli, Rome, which belonged to the Roman Emperor Hadrian. The vase was purchased in 1778 by George Greville, 2nd Earl of Warwick, from Sir William Hamilton, a British diplomat in Rome and a collector of antiquaries.
creator: Walker & Hall (Sheffield, UK)
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1914
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format: Silver
identifier: RDS_treasures_C18_Walker & Hall_Irish Government cup.jpg
coverage: 1914

The Irish Government Commendation Cup
subject: Silver
subject: Royal Dublin Society
subject: Dublin Horse Show
description: The irregular-form body supported on a trumpet-shaped stem with two Celtic scroll handles, the detachable cover with a spire and Celtic scroll finial, the cover inscribed COMHRAMH NA HEIREANN ARNA BHRONNADH AG REALTAS NA HEIREANN DO CHOMÓRTAS LÉIMNI IDIRNAISÚNTA A TASIPEANTAS NA GCAPALL BAILE ATHA CLIATH (IRISH COMMENDATION AWARDED BY THE IRISH GOVERNMENT AT THE DUBLIN HORSE SHOW INTERNATIONAL JUMPING COMPETITION), the conforming foot engraved with names and dates, on a silver-mounted ebonised stand. Hallmarked ‘P.D.’ and date of 1992.
creator: Unknown Artist
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1992
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format: Silver
identifier: RDS_treasures_C136_PD_Government cup.jpg
coverage: 1992

Portrait of General Charles Vallancey
subject: Vallancey, Charles, 1721-1812
subject: Portrait painting, Irish--19th century
subject: Royal Dublin Society
subject: Royal Dublin Society. Drawing Schools
description: Portrait of General Charles Vallancey (Ca.1725-1812), British military surveyor, cartographer and Chief Engineer of Ireland, Vice-President of the (Royal) Dublin Society (1799-1812). The subject depicted full length, in three-quarter left profile, gazing front; seated in a carved giltwood armorial armchair with shaped oval upholstered back in a moulded frame and cabriole supports carved as dolphins on moulded supports and scrolled toes (the supports identical to those of RDS.534 The RDS President's Chair), against the left side of which two cartography portfolios are propped; his proper left arm on the armrest of the chair, his proper right arm resting on a cartograph which is spread between his lap and a table, upon which also is an inkwell and two quills; wearing a single-curl periwig, dark blue coat with high turndown collar, wide lapel and brass buttons, yellow stand-collar waistcoat, white cravat, dark breeches and highly polished black boots; set against a red curtain, pulled back to reveal the base of a classical column in the upper left of the composition. Andrew Richard Twigg was a pupil at the Royal Dublin Society Drawing Schools.
creator: Twigg, Andrew Richard, d.1810
source: RDS Treasures Collection
date: 1810
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format: Painting
identifier: RDS_treasures_177_Williams_Charles Vallancey.jpg
coverage: Ca.1800-1810