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Thomas Kane McClintock Bunbury, 2nd Baron Rathdonnell

Title

Thomas Kane McClintock Bunbury, 2nd Baron Rathdonnell

Creator

Birley, Oswald, 1880-1952

Date

1922

Identifier

RDS_treasures_173_Birley_Rathdonnell.jpg

Subject

McClintock-Bunbury, Thomas Kane, 1848-1929
Portrait painting, Irish--20th century
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.

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

1922

Original Format

Oil on canvas

Physical Dimensions

137 x 104 cm

Collection

RDS Art Collection

Citation

Birley, Oswald, 1880-1952, “Thomas Kane McClintock Bunbury, 2nd Baron Rathdonnell,” RDS Digital Archive, accessed December 5, 2025, https://digitalarchive.rds.ie/items/show/4089.

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