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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 />

- - - -<br />

- 1 -<br />

Branwell Brontë,<br />

Self portrait, 1840

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