Record ID:
444038
Accession number:
MA 23810.1-50
Created:
[England], [late 19th and early 20th century]
Credit:
The Henry Houston Bonnell Brontë Collection. Bequest of Helen Safford Bonnell, 1969.
Description:
50 photographic postcards ; from 8.5 x 12.6 cm to 8.8 x 14 cm
Summary:
A collection of 50 picture postcards related to the Brontë family and their literary works. Included are images of the Yorkshire village of Haworth; the parsonage and associated church in Haworth where the Brontë sisters grew up; views of the surrounding moors and local landmarks associated with the Brontës, and a considerable number of schools and houses in England and Belgium reputed to be models for locations in the sisters' novels; and reproductions of portraits of Patrick, Charlotte, and Emily Brontë. A few locales and artifacts associated with Branwell Brontë are also represented. Some views of the Haworth parsonage feature early literary tourists.
Provenance:
Henry Houston Bonnell; his wife Helen Safford Bonnell.
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