Published 14/08/2014
Celebrate 200 years since the birth of Charlotte Brontë through portraits and treasures from the house in which the Brontë sisters lived and worked
The Brontë Parsonage Museum is situated in Haworth Village, West Yorkshire and was the home of the Brontë family.
The Brontë Society was formed in 1893 to collect and preserve what remained of the Brontës’ former possessions and in 1928 the Society acquired Haworth Parsonage. The Museum Collection consists of material which belonged to the Brontë family, their friends and associates including manuscripts, letters, drawings, paintings and early editions of the novels.
Charlotte Bronte's writing desk had been in private collections for more than a century but was donated to the museum in 2011.
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Celebrating Charlotte Brontë: 1816 – 1855 Celebrating Charlotte Brontë at National Portrait Gallery marks the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of one of the most celebrated authors of the 19th century. Charlotte Brontë’s novels, which include Jane Eyre (1847), Shirley (1849) and Villette (1853) continue to capture the imaginations of readers today. This display explores Brontë’s life and literary career through portraits and includes treasures on loan from the Brontë Parsonage Museum. Brontë200 - Bronte Parsonage Museum The bicentenaries of the births of the Brontë siblings are to be marked with a five-year programme of events. Charlotte will be celebrated in 2016, the brother Branwell in 2017, Emily in 2018 and Anne in 2020. Browse the Bronte Parsonage Museum collection via the Bridgeman archive. Images available for licensing. |
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