Ponden Hall (said to be Thrushcross Grange) · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Ponden Hall (said to be Thrushcross Grange)
Subject: Brontë family; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Architecture, Domestic, in literature; Architecture in literature; Manors in literature; Manors; Gates; Gates in art; Gothic revival (Literature); Great Britain; Gothic literature
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: Here we see an image of Ponden Hall, a house on which Emily Bronte based the estate of Thrushcross Grange. In this image we see is taken from the road, looking at the gate leading up to the house. The image is a reproduction of a photograph using a technique called photogravure, where photographs are taken on plates which could then be etched on to create a plate for use in a printing press.
Image Creator: W. R. Bland (artist);C. Barrow Keene (artist); W. R. Bland (artist); C. Barrow Keene (artist)
Type: StillImage; Photogravure
Identifier: mta:24890
Language: eng
Source Name: Wuthering Heights
Parent Collection: "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë. Illus. by Branwell Brontë & Emily Brontë, photogravures by R.W. Bland & C.B. Keene (1899); "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë. Illus. by Branwell Brontë & Emily Brontë, photogravures by R.W. Bland & C.B. Keene (1899)
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Collection: Wuthering Heights
Subject: Brontë family; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Architecture, Domestic, in literature; Architecture in literature; Manors in literature; Manors; Gates; Gates in art; Gothic revival (Literature); Great Britain; Gothic literature

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