IMAGE GALLERYThe famous portrait of the Brontë sisters - Anne, Emily, and Charlotte Brontë - by their brother Branwell – from c. 1834. Branwell painted himself among his siblings, but later removed the image so as not to clutter the picture.
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Self-caricature of artist Branwell Brontë in bed waiting to die, 1847.
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Brontë patriarch, father of the Brontë sisters and Branwell, Patrick Brontë (1777-1861) seen here in this portrait from c. 1860.
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Top Withens, the English ruins on the moors near Haworth, West Yorkshire that may have inspired Wuthering Heights.
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The second candidate for inspiring the eponymous dwelling in Wuthering Heights (1847) is Sunderland Hall, captured here in this sketch from 1818, shortly before Emily Brontë saw the building.
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