Branwell Brontë poetry
Brontë family manuscripts: an introduction
Francis O'Gorman, Professor of Victorian Literature at the University of Leeds, introduces the Brontë family manuscripts, part of the original Brotherton Collection.
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Charlotte Brontë manuscripts
Description of Charlotte Bronte material in Bronte Family Manuscripts.
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Charlotte Brontë and Elizabeth Gaskell
Description of letters from Charlotte Brontë & Elizabeth Gaskell describing each other.
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Revd. Arthur Bell Nicholls
Description of A B Nicholls letter to Ellen Nussey following Charlotte Brontë's death.
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Branwell Brontë poetry
Description of Branwell Bronte manuscripts in the Brotherton Collection, part 1
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Branwell Brontë artwork
Description of Branwell Brontë artwork in Brontë family manuscripts collection
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Branwell Brontë 'Our Lady of Greif'
Description of Branwell Bronte's sketch '‘Our Lady of Grief’.
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The major collection of Branwell Brontë's drawings, letters, and poems completes the Brontë material at Leeds.
His polished translations of Horace's Odes, were once in the possession of the Georgian poet and dramatist John Drinkwater (1882-1937).
A brief extract suggests their fluency, and Branwell's debt as a translator to 18th century precedents:
The Merchant, when 'at home at ease'
May shudder at tempestuous seas,
And, scarce escaped from oceans war,
May praise the pleasures of the shore,
Yet shuddering too at poverty,
Again he seeks that very sea.
