The drawing was known to be by Brontë, not least because it was sketched on her school atlas. But it has remained unpublished until now, recorded without an image in the 1995 scholarly volume The Art of the Brontës as “possibly a sketch of a fellow pupil in Brussels”. It is owned by the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York. theguardian
So, from ""possibly a sketch of a fellow pupil in Brussels"" to ""a self portrait?"" It makes me curious, what happened?
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| *Location: | Printed Books Collection (RB1) |
| *Call Number: | 129886 |
| Status: | Charged |
| *Bookmark for This Record: | http://corsair.themorgan.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=267605 |
| *Record ID: | 267605 |
| *Accession Number: | PML 129886 |
| *Author/Artist: | Russell, J. C. |
| *Title: | Russell’s general atlas of modern geography / by J.C. Russell, geographer. |
| *Published/Created: | London : Baldwin & Cradock, [ca. 1836] |
| Description: | 44 p. : 25 foldout maps ; 22 cm. |
| Credit: | Formerly with MA 2696; transferred from the Department of Literary and Historical Manuscripts, 2007. |
| Notes: | This volume is undated but contains the plates and index of Russell’s atlas of modern geography, London, 1836. |
| Contains sketches by Charlotte Brontë, and two notes by her, one on the fixed back endpaper dated Brussels, Oct, 14, 1843, and one on the free back endpaper. See Mildred Christian, "Census of Brontë Manuscripts in the United States," part I, The Trollopian, vol. 2, no. 3, Dec. 1947, p. 197, for transcriptions. | |
| Binding: | Half red calf. |
| Provenance: | Charlotte Brontë; Bonnell Brontë Collection, 1969 . |
| Associated Names: | Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855, former owner. |
| Bonnell, Henry H. (Henry Houston), 1859-1926, former owner. | |
| Baldwin & Cradock, publisher. | |
| Formatted Place: | England London. |
| Accompanying Material: | With one folded leaf containing the last three pages and table of contents for a Continental edition of Mme. de Staël’s novel Corinne, ou l’Italie. |
| Subjects: | 1836. |
| Dept./Collection: | Pierpont Morgan Library Dept. of Printed Books corsair.themorgan.org atlas+charlotte+bronte Henry Houston Bonnell was a life member of the Brontë Society and collected Brontë material from the 1890s. During his lifetime this collection was considered one of the most valuable and representative in existence. He expressed a wish to see much of his collection return to Haworth and when he died in 1926 his wife carried this out. She made a further donation of the remains of his collection to the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, in the 1960s. nationalarchives.gov.uk |
Indeed, who identified this as Charlotte? The Parsonage seems on the fence about it (neither yes or no ) Just like the possible photo of Charlotte ; It could be her, but perhaps not. One has to decide for themselves.
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