tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074545955842912793.post7635648806827433693..comments2024-03-26T23:35:38.726+01:00Comments on the Brontë Sisters: Charlotte Brontë sketch identified as self-portrait Geri Meftah Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00596915249757782612noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074545955842912793.post-91282553145002833152015-10-29T06:04:33.194+01:002015-10-29T06:04:33.194+01:00Dear 24, I was thinking of that one too. It was in...Dear 24, I was thinking of that one too. It was in a1843 letter to Ellen during Mr. Vincent question, so it is from the same time as this new one and it looks like this discovered one. That one is even labeled" Charlotte".<br /><br />One of Mary Taylor's complaints about the Richmond portrait was that the features were not closer together. In this new to us drawing, we see they are indeed closer. It also reminds me of Anne's look in the column portrait...Sharp features of the Brontes, while Emily seems to favor the more rounded BranwellsAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05033117202223821117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074545955842912793.post-92001231369651102572015-10-28T21:56:48.420+01:002015-10-28T21:56:48.420+01:00Hello Geri! This is an wonderful discovery...I alw...Hello Geri! This is an wonderful discovery...I always think of the little sketch Charlotte did of herself, Ellen, and a man in which Charlotte portrayed herself as an ugly, little girl compared to Ellen as a tall and graceful beauty...do you know which one I'm referring to? I think it sketched in a letter to Ellen, though I'm not sure. It has always made me sad that this is how she saw herself. In this little sketch, she does herself more justice...and it's amazing how similar it is to the Richmond portrait...such a lovely find! xo J~24 Cornershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13630767883910250689noreply@blogger.com