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Portraiture and the Art of<br />
Branwell Brontë<br />
Adrienne Bradney Smith<br />
Adapted from a talk given to the ABA , May 2010<br />
Sir,<br />
Having an earnest desire to enter as a Probationary Student at the Royal Academy<br />
but not being possessed of information as to the means of obtaining my<br />
desire, I presume to request from you as Secretary to the Institution an answer to<br />
the questions –<br />
Where am I to present my drawing?<br />
At what time-?<br />
And especially<br />
Can I do it in August or September<br />
Patrick Branwell Bronte<br />
c. July 18351 - - - -<br />
Dear Ellen,<br />
We are all about to divide, break up,<br />
separate, Emily is going to school, Branwell<br />
is going to London, and I am going to be a<br />
Governess. This last determination I<br />
formed myself,…knowing …that Papa<br />
would have enough to do with his limited<br />
income should Branwell be placed at the<br />
Royal Academy and Emily at Roe Head…<br />
Charlotte Brontë<br />
July 2nd 1835 2<br />
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Branwell Brontë,<br />
Self portrait, 1840