The (No) Pillar Portrait

Sarah Walden, the author of the Pillar Portrait reconstruction, has written to us to share a video showing the process of the digital reconstruction which brought Branwell back from behind the pillar:

A digital reconstruction of Branwell Brontë back into the sibling portrait group he painted. Reportedly, Charlotte Brontë showed this portrait sans Branwell and smelling of fresh paint to Elizabeth Gaskell after her siblings' deaths. I have used GIMP to dodge and burn the faint paint variances to "draw out" the features of Branwell that have shown up as the paint has faded over there years on the pillar. I used Emily's eyes for his. The song is my own composition.

You even can buy merchandise (a T-shirt with the Pillar Portrait plus Branwell back in) on zazzle.