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Engraver, British, fl. c.1805
John Opie , English, 1761-1807
Title
John Denis Browne, 1st Marquess of Sligo
Date1806
MediumMezzotint
Dimensions
Sheet: 38.3 x 27.3 cm
Credit LinePresented, Mrs Noseda, 1882
Object numberNGI.10177
DescriptionThe Browne family seat, Westport House, houses the oil painting by Opie, an important London based portrait painter, after which this print was made. Arthur Young, in A Tour in Ireland reported that Browne was a great improver who laid out the town of Westport with wide tree-lined streets and elegant houses. He also introduced linen manufacturing to the town. Until the Famine, Westport was a prosperous town with a small port at the quay and markets for agricultural produce and linen.