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
Date
Identifier
RDS_treasures_172 _Whelan_William Wylie as Master of the Hounds.jpg
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
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.