RDS Executive Committee (1939)
Title
RDS Executive Committee (1939)
Date
Identifier
RDS_treasures_183_OBrien_Exec comm.jpeg
Description
Group portrait of four members of the RDS Executive Committee, depicted around a table covered with a green baize, in the Board Room of the RDS, Ballsbridge; on the table, an architectural drawing for the enlargement of the Pembroke Hall at the RDS, Ballsbridge, in 1938-9, an oak stationery box (cat. no. RDS.538), seal stamps, papers and other writing accoutrements; in the background, a Victorian breakfront bookcase (cat. no. RDS.530) with glazed doors, containing bound volumes. From left: Mr. Harry Franks, M.A., F.S.I., President of the Royal Dublin Society (1935-38), Vice-President of the Royal Dublin Society (1925-42), seated at the head of the table, in right profile, wearing a navy suit, in his right hand a scrunched blueprint plan; The Hon. William Evelyn Wylie, K.C., Vice-President of the Royal Dublin Society (1926-64), President of the Royal Dublin Society (1938-41), Executive Committee Chairman (1936-59), seated right of Franks, directed front, gazing left, wearing a light brown, three-piece suit, his left arm resting on the table; Mr. John Leonard, Honorary Secretary of the Royal Dublin Society (1935-42), Vice-President of the Royal Dublin Society (1942-46), seated right of Wylie, directed front, gazing left, wearing a grey, three-piece suit and blue bowtie, his chin resting in his left hand, his right arm lying across the top rail of Wylie’s chair; Prof. Felix Edward Hackett, M.A., Ph.D., Honorary Secretary of the Royal Dublin Society (1933-53), Vice-President of the Royal Dublin Society (1956-70), President of the Royal Dublin Society (1953-56), standing behind Leonard, directed front, gazing left, wearing a grey three-piece suit, holding open an architectural drawing; unsigned.
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
1929
Original Format
Oil on canvas
Physical Dimensions
152.4 x 198 cm
Collection
Citation
O’Brien, William Dermod, 1865–1945, “RDS Executive Committee (1939),” RDS Digital Archive, accessed December 5, 2025, https://digitalarchive.rds.ie/items/show/3983.