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Ellen Nussey (1817–1897)

Frederic Yates (1854–1919)

Brontë Parsonage Museum

Ellen Nussey (1817–1897)

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Yates was an English painter trained in Paris and active in San Francisco until around 1900, then in England, where he settled in Grasmere in the Lake District. Ellen Nussey first met Charlotte Brontë at school at Roe Head in 1831, and corresponded with her until Charlotte's death in 1855. Their letters formed the basis of Elizabeth Gaskell's 'Life of Charlotte Brontë'. Ellen's brother Henry proposed marriage to Charlotte in 1839, but was refused since, as she wrote: 'I feel convinced that mine is not the sort of disposition calculated to form the happiness of a man like you.' Apparently she found him too dull.

Brontë Parsonage Museum

Keighley

Title

Ellen Nussey (1817–1897)

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 50.8 x W 38 cm

Accession number

P24

Acquisition method

gift from Mrs W. Bagshaw, 1898

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

Fred Yates

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Frederic Yates

1854–1919

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