Emily Bronte from a painting of a family group by Branwell Bronte · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Emily Bronte from a painting of a family group by Branwell Bronte
Subject: Brontë family; fictional works; Fictitious characters; Women authors; Women authors, English; portrait drawing; Portraits; Portraits, British; Gothic revival (Literature); Great Britain; Gothic literature; Photogravure
Period: 1850-1900;
Geographic: Europe; England; United Kingdom; Britain
Description: Here we see a portrait bust of Emily Bronte. According to the list of illustrations, this is the only portrait of Emily Bronte that exists. The portrait comes from a larger image of the entire Bronte family, taken by Branwell Bronte, Emily’s brother. The list of illustrations says, The Rev. A. B. Nicholls, her brother-in-law, considers it a good likeness.
Image Creator: Branwell Bronte (artist); W. R. Bland (artist); C. Barrow Keene (artist)
Type: StillImage; Photogravure
Identifier: mta:24886
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)
Image: mta_24886_OBJ.png