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We’re pleased to partner with the National Portrait Gallery to display one of the only surviving likenesses of Emily Brontë – Branwell Brontë’s ‘Gun Group’ portrait – here in the Museum. 

After his ‘Pillar Portrait’ of his three sisters, Branwell’s best-known painting is his profile portrait of Emily – the last fragment of a family group composition known as the ‘Gun Group’, painted when Branwell was about seventeen years old. Destroyed by Arthur Bell Nicholls after Charlotte Brontë’s death, the remaining scrap of the ‘Gun Group’ portrait only survives because Arthur thought the depiction of Emily was a good likeness. 

Today, this painting is among the most popular works in London’s National Portrait Gallery, and we’re grateful for the opportunity to display Emily’s portrait in the Brontë Parsonage Museum throughout August, September and October for Museum visitors to experience. This is a wonderful opportunity for residents in Bradford to view this iconic portrait in their local area, as Bradford celebrates being the UK City of Culture 2025.

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Included with museum admission. Book tickets online in advance: £13 standard, £11 or £8 concessions, £6.50 teens, free for children under 12 in a family group.

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Portrait of Emily Brontë

Type:Exhibition

Brontë Parsonage Museum, Church Street, Haworth, BD22 8DR
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Opening Times

Season (1 Aug 2025 - 31 Oct 2025)
DayTimes
Monday10:00 - 17:00
TuesdayClosed
Wednesday - Sunday10:00 - 17:00

* Closed: Tuesday.
Last entry at 16:00.

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Brontë Parsonage Museum Garden (c) Bevan CockerillBronte Parsonage Museum, HaworthThe Brontës are the world's most famous literary family and Haworth Parsonage was their home from 1820 to 1861. Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë were the authors of some of the best loved books in the English language.

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