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Friday, August 31, 2018

Friday, August 31, 2018 2:19 am by M. in , ,    No comments
Today, August 31, an alert in the Brontë Parsonage Museum:
Parsonage Unwrapped: The Pillar Portrait
Exclusive evening event
August 31st 2018 07:30pm - 09:00pm

The only surviving painting of the three Brontë sisters, known as the ‘pillar portrait’, has returned to Haworth for the summer months. In this special Parsonage Unwrapped event, Jane Sellars, former director of the Brontë Society and co-author of the seminal text The Art of the Brontës, explores the story behind this iconic image and shares its secrets.
In the picture: Claire Irvine, Frame conservator for the National Portrait Gallery, meticulously condition checks the returning portrait of the Brontë Sisters, Anne, Emily, Charlotte (L-R), Bronte Parsonage Museum, Haworth, West Yorkshire. Photo By Darren O’Brien/Guzelian. (Museums Crush)

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