![]() ![]() Shorter's opinion that the quest for an authentic portrait of Emily Brontë now seems hopeless, I have felt justified in giving the portrait a prominent place in my book. On the strength of this evidence, and nothwithstanding Mr. The picture formerly belonged to a member of the Brown family, of Haworth, who always regarded it as a good likeness. The original was submitted to the inspection of Martha Brown, the Brontë housekeeper, and admitted by her to be a tolerably faithful portrait. ![]() ![]() The author, William Scruton wrote: The portrait of Emily Brontë was carefully and accurately copied by Miss Preston from a picture which came to me from Haworth with good credentials as to authenticity. The cover of the 1898 book Thornton and the Brontës featured a portrait claimed to be of Emily. ![]()
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