Art Funded
Portrait of Charlotte Brontë
© Bronte Parsonage Museum
Artist not known
Bronte Parsonage Museum
circa 1839
A head and shoulders portrait of Charlotte Brontė (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.
- Medium: ink, crayon, chalk & wash
- Dimensions: diameter: 15.5cm
- Art Fund Grant: £1425 ( Total: £7,710)
- ArtFunded in: 2005
- Vendor: Sotheby's
Provenance
Martha Brown (a servant in the Bronte household), 1855; William Law; Sotheby's, 2004.
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