tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16586584.post6003132871078924523..comments2024-03-14T07:34:26.650+01:00Comments on BrontëBlog: Befitting Christmas EveCristinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14863082224534612494noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16586584.post-22124721587690751272015-12-24T15:03:46.894+01:002015-12-24T15:03:46.894+01:00Absolutely fascinating to learn the history ; that...Absolutely fascinating to learn the history ; that Branwell did not cover over a finished self portrait. In fact other parts of the painting seem unfinished as well, though not to the same degree( the dresses and table area at bottom ) The sketch is taller than it should be , that is taller than Emily, but so is Charlotte's figure. However the scale of Branwell's self sketch is significantly bigger that the sister's as well . It seems he decided to remove himself very early in the process and I wonder if it was planned to be just the girls at the start, then he added himself briefly ...Artists play around with pictures<br /><br />Ah yes the top of the wardrobe in Banager. People see that as a boorish disregard for a Bronte relic. They do not see the Rev. Nicholls's grief,pain and yes, rage. <br /><br />We must view this emotional man as involved in the most personal manner possible and remember he lost Charlotte as a deeply in love newlywed and then judge him. In 1895 when Rev. Nicholls gave Shorter Anne and Emily's diary papers he recently found , he said feelingly ," Those poor girls " If Arthur's feeling and pity still ran so strongly in the 1890'a, what must they had been 40 years before?<br />Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05033117202223821117noreply@blogger.com