‘The Remains of Henry Kirke White’

In 1783, Maria Branwell was born. She would later marry Patrick Brontë and was the mother of the Brontë siblings.

Her copy of ‘The Remains of Henry Kirke White’ was salvaged from a ship that was wrecked whilst transporting her belongings to Yorkshire. After her death, the Brontës treasured this book, filling it with annotations such as Patrick’s inscription, ‘…saved from the waves…’

Other markings include a doodle, possibly by Branwell, marginal notes exploring White's poetry, potentially by Emily, and Patrick's on thoughts on the work.

When the book was acquired by the museum in 2 016 it also contained many manuscripts found between its pages which we explored in the publication, 'Charlotte Brontë: The Lost Manuscripts'. facebook/thebrontesociety