OF BRONTE INTEREST

OF BRONTE INTEREST, GEORGE BARRET JR. (1767-1842), An Italian Scene, watercolour and pencil, unsigned, label for Michael Bryan Gallery London verso, also lotting number for Bonhams Sale 27 Feb 2007 Lot 265, 12 3/4" x 18 3/4", gilt frame Note: A pencil copy of this picture made by Charlotte Bronte now hangs in the Bronte Parsonage Museum, Haworth, Charlotte copied it from an engraving of the picture made in 1830 and published in the 1831 "Forget Me Not" Annual, a copy of which was owned by the Bronte family. See "The Art of the Brontes" by Christine Alexander and Jane Sellars (Cambridge University Press 1995) Pg. 179