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Dorothy Black as Emily Brontë in The Brontës by Alfred Sangster

Painting
1933 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oil portrait of Dorothy Black as Emily Brontë, half length. Brown and tan background. She wears a green-black dress with a white collar and cuffs. She clutches a book to her chest. Signed.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDorothy Black as Emily Brontë in <i>The Brontës</i> by Alfred Sangster (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Brief description
Painting entitled 'Dorothy Black as Emily Brontë in The Brontes by Alfred Sangster'. Oil on canvas, 1933, by Hedwig Esther Pillitz (1896-1987)
Physical description
Oil portrait of Dorothy Black as Emily Brontë, half length. Brown and tan background. She wears a green-black dress with a white collar and cuffs. She clutches a book to her chest. Signed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.9cm
  • Width: 63.8cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by the sitter
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Ashton, Geoffrey. Catalogue of Paintings at the Theatre Museum, London. ed. James Fowler, London : Victoria and Albert Museum, 1992. 224p. ill. ISBN 1851771026
Collection
Accession number
S.1-1986

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Record createdNovember 11, 2003
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