Eugene Tangney served as Head Gamekeeper on the Muckross Estate for both the Herbert and Bourn Vincent families. Aside from protecting the game from poachers, he arranged various aspects of field sport on the estate. This portrait is believed to depict Eugene Tangney c. 1940.
Artist: Seán O’Sullivan RHA. Born in Dublin in 1906. O’Sullivan was a respected Irish portrait painter. He died in 1964.
Oil on Canvas
c. 101 x 91 cm
Framed: c. 115 x 104.5 cm