Lt Arthur Rhys Davids DSO, MC

William Orpen (1878 – 1931) Artist


 
Lt A P F Rhys Davids DSO, MC (1917)
 
Orphen painted this portrait of Arthur Rhys Davids just days before the pilot’s death on 27th October 1917. Rhys Davids, an Old Etonian, former school sports captain and pilot ace, was very much the modern war hero.
 
On loan from the Imperial War Museum
Currently on exhibition at York City Art Gallery