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A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Hidden Treasures of Charlotte Bronte
“In Memory of Charlotte Nicholls,” the plainly printed, black and white memorial card from 1855 reads. The card, which is included at the end of the Morgan Library and Museums’s exhibition, “Charlotte Brontë: An Independent Will,” is almost startling to see, a simple reminder that the author of some of English literature’s most enduring female protagonists had, at the end of her life, taken a new name. Virtually nobody recognizes the name Charlotte Nicholls, though that was who Charlotte Bron...
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Final #caricature pic for #charlottebronte200 ... This one has an interesting story attached to it. Now, in 2014 when I first got into #thebrontesisters I was v intrigued by the Brontë photograph (see previous grams). On Sunday 24 August, in the evening, sorry, morning, nearing 3am (so the Sat night really), about to go to bed, I was leafing through Christine Alexander and Jane Sellars' wonderful book - the Art of the Brontës. And I came upon this image, and I thought to myself what a stran...
G o - o - d - b - y - e CB Charlotte waves off Ellen Nussey with 'The Chosen'. You can see this letter @nationalportraitgallery for #bronte200 Another favourite. Look at her little witch-face! It's important to note also her inclusion of legs - or at least, ankles. Walking on the moors, and indeed on Haworth's Kirkgate (now Main St) would not have been good in great bell-bottomed dresses that reached the floor. In short, they'd get filthy - and I mean f-i-l-t-h-y. Instead, the provincial...
shoutout to @peacoquette who did this wonderful completion if the pillar group! I love it - she has quite some Brontë collection! See here http://www.sarahwalden.com/wuthering-bronteumls.html #thebrontesisters #thebrontes #branwellbronte #charlottebronte #emilybronte #annebronte #charlottebrontebirthday #charlottebronte200 #charlottebronte200years #pillarportrait #painting #nineteenthcenturyart #bronte #bronteparsonagemuseum #nationalportraitgallery
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Haworth, UK: home of the Bronte sisters - for when I go to the Cherish Conference in Bradford, UK.
Interior of a Ring with Patrick Branwell and Emily Bronte's hair (photo)
Death Made Material: The Hair Jewelry of The Brontës - Longreads
Branwell Brontë’s self caricature of his death. via Wikimedia Commons