BIB_ID
443910
Accession number
MA 23810.37
Creator
Stead, J. J., photographer.
Display Date
Haworth : F. & M. Smith, [early 20th century]
Credit line
The Henry Houston Bonnell Brontë Collection. Bequest of Helen Safford Bonnell, 1969.
Description
1 photographic postcard ; 8.8 x 13.2 cm
Notes
Note that this is not a photograph of North Lees Hall in Darbyshire, the most commonly cited model for Thornfield Hall.
The same photograph appears in MA 23810.36, credited to J.J. Stead.
Printed on recto, in lower right part of image: Thornfield Hall of "Jane Eyre".
Printed on verso, vertically, along the left side: Brontë Postcard Specialists / F. & M. Smith, 1 West Lane, Haworth.
The same photograph appears in MA 23810.36, credited to J.J. Stead.
Printed on recto, in lower right part of image: Thornfield Hall of "Jane Eyre".
Printed on verso, vertically, along the left side: Brontë Postcard Specialists / F. & M. Smith, 1 West Lane, Haworth.
Provenance
Henry Houston Bonnell; his wife Helen Safford Bonnell.
Summary
Slightly oblique view of an unidentified stone manor house with a circular drive and crenellations on the roof, with four women seated on a bench in front.
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