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Reverend Patrick Brontë (1777–1861) (?)

Image credit: Brontë Parsonage Museum

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An unauthenticated portrait of the Brontë sisters' father as a young man. Bought by the Brontë Society in 1902 from a Mr Greenwood, picture-framer of Keighley, West Yorkshire, it was attributed to a local artist named Bradley, who painted cheap portraits before the days of photography.

Brontë Parsonage Museum

Keighley

Title

Reverend Patrick Brontë (1777–1861) (?)

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 36.2 x W 30.5 cm (E)

Accession number

Bonnell 64

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Henry Houston Bonnell, 1929

Work type

Painting

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Church Street, Haworth, Keighley, West Yorkshire BD22 8DR England

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