This beautiful picture of Mrs. Tabitha Ratcliffe
I found on facebook/Bronte-Parsonage-Museum
Mrs. Ratcliffe was the sister of the Brontës' servant, Martha Brown. In the Brontës' time, she 'used often to spend the evening with her sister at the Parsonage . . . as well as in the Sunday school, where she was taught by both Charlotte and Anne Brontë'. In the early 1900s, she was interviewed by one C. Holmes Cautley who wished her to recall all she could of the Brontë family. In the interview, she told Cautley 'I used to think Miss Anne looked the nicest and most serious like'. mick-armitage
Oh my! She looks so much like Martha! Thanks for posting!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThis photographe is touching me. I never saw it before.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenYou might have to paint her Geri ;)
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI wished I could. This light and dark combination is great. I am afraid the face is to small. I cannot see it well.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenWell one could print the photo and then enlarge that print with a photo copy machine ,as we call it, to get a bigger image to work with... The play of light and dark on her face and the softness is remarkable . Amazing to think about what those eyes have seen!
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