Rare picture comes home (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)

Bronte photo returns to Haworth Parsonage

10:02am Friday 26th June 2009 in Search

This rare photograph of the Reverend Patrick Bronte is to come home to Haworth where it was last on show more than 100 years ago.

The miniature has been sold by auctioneers Ewbank Clarke Gammon Wellers to a woman in the south of England for £1,476.

Now she wants it to return to the Bronte Parsonage Museum where it will go on permanent loan.

Andrew McCarthy, director of the Bronte Parsonage Museum, confirmed the Bronte Society had made a bid for the item.

He said: “This is great news and a very generous and wonderful offer. She telephoned us straight away and said she wanted it back in Haworth.

“We had people ringing up and making significant donations, which was hugely appreciated.

“They said in the event of us not getting the photograph, the money should go into our collections fund.

“We believe there are some significant Bronte items coming up for sale this year and we are hoping those donations will help us.”