Emma O’Toole selects the portrait of Hamilton Knox Grogan Morgan and Family by Edmund Thomas Parris from the collection at Johnstown Castle
Johnstown Castle opened for the first time to the public in 2019 after the Irish Heritage Trust, in partnership with Teagasc, carried out significant restoration work to bring the Wexford Gothic Revival castle and its collections back to life. The Trust prioritised the on-site conservation treatment of one of Johnstown Castle’s original artworks, Edmund Thomas Parris’ portrait, Hamilton Knox Grogan Morgan and Family.
Rose Jane Leigh’s importance as an early pioneering Wexford landscape painter and her choice of studying in Antwerp placed her at the centre of the major art movements of the 19th and early 20th century, writes Mary Stratton Ryan
