Brontë Studies. Volume 40, Issue 2
Editorial
pp. iii-iv Author: Adams, Amber M.
Found: The ‘Lost’ Portrait of Emily Brontë
pp. 85-103 Author: Heywood, Christopher
An illustration inThe Woman at Home (1894), captioned ‘EMILY BRONTË. From a painting by Charlotte Brontë, hitherto unpublished’, matches an unsigned portrait, recently found in a private collection. The illustration was copied from the portrait of Emily Brontë that was seen in Haworth in 1879 by William Robertson Nicoll (1851–1923), owner and editor of The Woman at Home . A pencilled inscription on the back of the newly found portrait, apparently in Charlotte’s handwriting, reads: ‘Emily Brontë / Sister of Charlotte Bro[nté] / Currer Bell’. In 1908 Nicoll declared in an article that the original portrait had become ‘irrevocably lost’. This article proposes that it has been found. The painter is identified here as the Bradford portrait artist, John Hunter Thompson (1808–90).
The Library at Ponden Hall
pp. 104-149 Author: Duckett, Bob
Abstract:The long-established Heaton family of Ponden Hall (also known as Ponden House), 2½ miles (4 km) west of Haworth, was important to the people of Haworth, the Brontë family included. This article considers the remarkable library at Ponden Hall to which the Brontës had access. Hitherto, the contents of this library have been known only by a poorly compiled auctioneer’s sale catalogue. An improved version of this catalogue has been compiled. The role of the library in the Brontës’ extensive knowledge of literature, travel and law is considered. An abridged version of this revised catalogue is appended to this article as an appendix.
Editorial
pp. iii-iv Author: Adams, Amber M.
Found: The ‘Lost’ Portrait of Emily Brontë
pp. 85-103 Author: Heywood, Christopher
An illustration in
The Library at Ponden Hall
pp. 104-149 Author: Duckett, Bob
Abstract:The long-established Heaton family of Ponden Hall (also known as Ponden House), 2½ miles (4 km) west of Haworth, was important to the people of Haworth, the Brontë family included. This article considers the remarkable library at Ponden Hall to which the Brontës had access. Hitherto, the contents of this library have been known only by a poorly compiled auctioneer’s sale catalogue. An improved version of this catalogue has been compiled. The role of the library in the Brontës’ extensive knowledge of literature, travel and law is considered. An abridged version of this revised catalogue is appended to this article as an appendix.
Fascinating as they didn't think the painting was Emily in 2011...however now there seems to be more provenance to support that.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenBranwell's friend, John Hunter Thompson, also painted a well known portrait of CB based on G. Richmond's drawing.( the painting is in fact in CB's bedroom at the Parsonage) Perhaps it was Mr.Thomson's aim to paint Bronte portraits based on known portrait drawings...either way, the sketch makes it easier to believe the model was indeed , Emily .
It would be interesting to know if Martha was involved in this . It is very likely any drawing of the family would come from Martha's collection originally.
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Can't do too much looking into on what the family read...Ponden Hall was / is very important