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Portrait of William E. Wylie as Master of the Ward Union Hounds

Title

Portrait of William E. Wylie as Master of the Ward Union Hounds

Creator

Whelan, Michael Leo, 1892-1956

Date

1938

Identifier

RDS_treasures_172 _Whelan_William Wylie as Master of the Hounds.jpg

Subject

Wylie, William Evelyn, 1881-1964
Ward Union Hunt
Royal Dublin Society
Dublin Horse Show

Description

Portrait of The Hon. William Evelyn Wylie, K.C. (1881–1964), Irish barrister, legal advisor to Dublin Castle, judge of the High Court in Ireland, President of the Royal Dublin Society (1938-41), Vice-President of the Royal Dublin Society (1926-64), Executive Committee Chairman (1936-59), Master of the Ward Union Hounds (1925-39). The subject depicted three-quarter length, in proper left three-quarter profile; wearing a red hunt coat, white cravat and black velvet riding helmet, a hunting horn tucked between his top two coat buttons; a cracking whip in his white-gloved proper left hand, his proper right hand ungloved; set against a rural landscape with black clouds.

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

Coverage

1938

Original Format

Oil on canvas

Physical Dimensions

112 x 91.5 cm

Collection

RDS Art Collection

Citation

Whelan, Michael Leo, 1892-1956, “Portrait of William E. Wylie as Master of the Ward Union Hounds,” RDS Digital Archive, accessed July 19, 2025, https://digitalarchive.rds.ie/items/show/3869.

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