© Brontë Parsonage Museum
Portrait of Charlotte Brontë
Artist: Artist not known
Location: Brontë Parsonage Museum
Date: circa 1839
Materials: ink, crayon, chalk & wash
Dimensions: diameter: 15.5cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £1,425 (Total: £7,710)
Vendor: Sotheby's
Review number: 5553 (2005)
Provenance:
Martha Brown (a servant in the Bronte household), 1855; William Law; Sotheby's, 2004.
Description:
A head and shoulders portrait of Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855) showing her wearing a bonnet. It is possible that this is the portrait Charlotte writes about while on her second visit to Brussels in 1843. This would suggest the artist is Mary Dixon.
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