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| 'Emily Bronte portrait' expected to fetch thousands | 'Emily Bronte portrait' expected to fetch thousands |
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| A portrait believed to be of author Emily Bronte is expected to fetch thousands of pounds when it goes under the hammer. | |
| The 33 by 24cm (13 x 9.5 ins) oil painting is due to be auctioned later in Towcester, Northamptonshire. | |
| Auctioneers JP Humbert said it had attracted international interest after a previous sale of another painting. | Auctioneers JP Humbert said it had attracted international interest after a previous sale of another painting. |
| The auction house sold that portrait of the reclusive writer for £23,836 in December. | The auction house sold that portrait of the reclusive writer for £23,836 in December. |
| The Bronte family moved to Haworth, West Yorkshire, in 1820 where the Reverend Patrick Bronte was appointed Curate of Haworth. | |
| They lived at the Haworth Parsonage from 1820 to 1861, this is now the Bronte Parsonage Museum. | |
| This latest painting due to be auctioned, which is annotated 'Emily Jane Bronte', was originally estimated to fetch around £3,000 but now has an estimate of between £5,000 and £8,000. | This latest painting due to be auctioned, which is annotated 'Emily Jane Bronte', was originally estimated to fetch around £3,000 but now has an estimate of between £5,000 and £8,000. |
| Auctioneer Jonathan Humbert said: "One unknown portrait of Emily Bronte is luck enough but two in two months is quite remarkable. | Auctioneer Jonathan Humbert said: "One unknown portrait of Emily Bronte is luck enough but two in two months is quite remarkable. |
| "This painting is softer and less formal than the previous 'Bonnet Portrait' and importantly, the artist has entitled the painting 'Emily Jane Bronte' on the bottom left-hand-side of the picture at the time of painting." | "This painting is softer and less formal than the previous 'Bonnet Portrait' and importantly, the artist has entitled the painting 'Emily Jane Bronte' on the bottom left-hand-side of the picture at the time of painting." |
| "We have received interest already from the USA and Canada," added Mr Humbert. | "We have received interest already from the USA and Canada," added Mr Humbert. |
| In December an unpublished manuscript by sibling Charlotte Bronte was sold at auction to a Paris museum for a record value of £690,850 at Sotheby's. | In December an unpublished manuscript by sibling Charlotte Bronte was sold at auction to a Paris museum for a record value of £690,850 at Sotheby's. |
| The sale set new auction records for a manuscript by Charlotte Bronte and for a literary work by any of the Bronte sisters. | The sale set new auction records for a manuscript by Charlotte Bronte and for a literary work by any of the Bronte sisters. |
| It was bought by Paris museum La Musie des Lettres et Manuscrits. | It was bought by Paris museum La Musie des Lettres et Manuscrits. |