Attic of the Pensionnat Heger, described in Charlotte Brontë's "Villette" [photograph].

Record ID: 
443913
Accession number: 
MA 23810.40
Created: 
Bradford : Walter Scott, [early 20th century]
Credit: 
The Henry Houston Bonnell Brontë Collection. Bequest of Helen Safford Bonnell, 1969.
Description: 
1 photographic postcard ; 8.8 x 14 cm
Notes: 

Printed on recto, below image: "Villette" / The Ghost Attic in the School, Brussels / 7138 Walter Scott.
Printed on verso, vertically along left edge: Real Photograph (Copyright) / Published by Walter Scott, Bradford.

Summary: 

View of a large, unfinished attic containing a single schoolchild's desk and chair.

Provenance: 
Henry Houston Bonnell; his wife Helen Safford Bonnell.
Classification: