Charlotte Brontë’s Life Through Clothes: An Interview with Dr Eleanor Houghton
Quilt top made by Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë, Brontë Parsonage Museum, image from Isabella Rosner’s 2017 undergraduate dissertation
Sampler made by Charlotte Brontë, 1822, Brontë Parsonage Museum, image from Isabella Rosner’s 2017 undergraduate dissertation
Eleanor Houghton, Charlotte Brontë’s Corset, c. 1842, D116, Pen and Ink, 2025
Eleanor Houghton, Charlotte Brontë’s 1840s Knitted Purse, D191, Pen, Ink and Watercolour, 2026
Charlotte Brontë’s hand-sewn needlecase, BPM, D154. Taken by Eleanor Houghton with the kind permission of the Brontë Parsonage Museum
One of Charlotte Brontë’s miniature books, 1830, photograph taken by Isabella Rosner at the Morgan Library in September 2016
Eleanor Houghton, Charlotte Brontë’s Blue-and-Cream, Striped Silk Evening Gown, early 1850s, D10, Pen, ink and Watercolour, 2022
Eleanor Houghton, Charlotte Brontë’s ‘Going Away Dress’, D74, Pen, ink and Watercolour, 2025
Dress Charlotte Brontë wore when meeting William Makepeace Thackeray, circa 1850, Brontë Parsonage Museum, photograph taken by Isabella Rosner at the Morgan Library in September 2016
Lulu Guinness, Black Collectible Fan Clutch Bag
Illustration from The Tailor of Gloucester, photograph taken at the V&A by Isabella Rosner in February 2022
Waistcoat depicted by Beatrix Potter in The Tailor of Gloucester, 1780-1789, V&A
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