Portrait of William Evelyn Wylie
Title
Portrait of William Evelyn Wylie
Creator
Date
Identifier
RDS_treasures_154_Whelan_William E Wylie.jpeg
Subject
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). The subject depicted half-length, directed right, gazing front; seated in a brown leather armchair, with folded arms resting on a leather-top, mahogany writing desk upon which are an inkwell, desk blotter and an oak stationery box (cat. no. RDS.538); wearing a grey suit, white shirt and maroon tie; in the background, a tabletop plaster model of John Henry Foley’s Statue of Edmund Burke on a wooden plinth, signed and dated lower left Leo Whelan 1944.
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
1944
Original Format
Oil on canvas
Physical Dimensions
104.5 x 91.5 cm
Collection
Citation
Whelan, Michael Leo, 1892–1956, “Portrait of William Evelyn Wylie,” RDS Digital Archive, accessed December 5, 2025, https://digitalarchive.rds.ie/items/show/3977.