Brontë, Patrick Branwell, 1817-1848

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Patrick Branwell Brontë (born Thornton, England, 26 June 1817 – died 24 September 1848, Hayworth, England) was an English painter and writer. He was the only son of the Brontë family, and brother of the writers Charlotte, Emily and Anne. Brontë was rigorously tutored at home by his father, and earned praise for his poetry and translations from the classics. However, he drifted between jobs, supporting himself by portrait-painting, and gave way to drug and alcohol addiction, apparently worsened by a failed relationship with a married woman. Brontë died at the age of 31, insisting on standing in his final moments.
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creatorOf Brontë, Patrick Branwell, 1817-1848. Autograph manuscripts of poems and prose fragments, 1826 July. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf 'The History Of The Young Men From Their First Settlement To The Present Time': a volume contributed by Patrick Branwell Brontë to the imaginary history written between 1829 and 1839 principally by Branwell and Charlotte Brontë; 1830-1831. Autograph ..., 1830-1831 British Library
referencedIn Brontë Family Collection TXRC99-A20., 1833-1858 Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf 'Blackwoods Young Men's Magazine' (First Series, No. 6): a miniature magazine written by Charlotte and Branwell Brontë; 1829. Autograph fair copy, with revisions, written in minute characters in imitation of print on both sides of nine irregularly si..., 1829 British Library
referencedIn Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855. Autograph letters signed (6) : Haworth, to W.S. Williams, 1847 Oct. 28-1850 Sept. 13. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Letter from Charlotte Brontë to her brother Branwell, written from Brussels; 1 May 1843. Printed, not entirely accurately, in The Shakespeare Head Brontë, The Life and Letters, vol. i, pp. 296-298. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, pp. 71-72.Octavo; ff. i... British Library
creatorOf Brontë, Patrick Branwell, 1817-1848. Autograph manuscript of five portions of an unpublished novel : [n.p., and Haworth], 1838 Dec. 15-1839 Apr. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Brontë family. Correspondence and literary manuscripts of, or relating to members of the Brontë family. Brotherton Library, University of Leeds
referencedIn Introduction by John Drinkwater to The Odes of Quintus Horatius Flaccus Book I Translated by Patrick Branwell Brontë, 1923; 1923. Autograph draft, in pencil, written on one side only of twenty quarto leaves of ruled white wove paper. Watermark 'Libra..., 1923 British Library
creatorOf Brontë, Patrick Branwell, 1817-1848. Wide I hear the wild winds sighing [Misery, pt. II] and Still and bright in twilight shining : [Haworth] : autograph manuscript signed of two poems, 1836 Mar. 2 and 1836 Aug. 13. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Brontë, Patrick Branwell, 1817-1848. Angria and the Angrians : [n.p.] : autograph manuscript signed in six chapters, untitled, 1835 May-Oct. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Brontë, Patrick Branwell, 1817-1848. An historical narrative of the war of encroachment : from November first AD 1833 ... / by Sir John Flower : manuscript, 1833. Houghton Library
creatorOf Brontë, Patrick Branwell, 1817-1848. The rising of the agarians : manuscript, 1836. Princeton University Library
referencedIn Correspondence and literary manuscripts of, or relating to, members of the Bronté family, 1812-1925 GB 206 Leeds University Library
creatorOf The History of 'Angria': fragments by Branwell Brontë of the imaginary history written between 1829 and 1839 by himself and Charlotte Brontë; 7 Jan.-[Dec.?] 1836. Autograph fair copy with revisions and deletions, written in minute characters in imita... British Library
referencedIn Letters (5) from Charlotte Brontë to W. S. Williams and Ellen Nussey; 1848-1854. For a further letter to Williams see 164, and to Miss Nussey see 168. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, pp. 76-77. As follows:―1. Letter to W. S. Williams, chiefly concerned ..., 1848-1854 British Library
creatorOf Brontë, Patrick Branwell, 1817-1848. The History of Angria.1 : holograph manuscript, 1835 June 15-July 25. Rutgers University
creatorOf Brontë, Patrick Branwell, 1817-1848. Autograph manuscript, [1840?]. Princeton University Library
referencedIn Charlotte Brontë juvenilia, 1829-1830. Houghton Library
creatorOf 'The Wool is Rising. or, The Angrian Adventurer': a volume contributed by Patrick Branwell Brontë to the imaginary history written between 1829 and 1839 principally by Branwell and Charlotte Brontë; 1834. Autograph fair copy, with revisions and delet..., 1834 British Library
referencedIn Thomas De Quincey papers, 1794-1904. Houghton Library
creatorOf Parrish, Morris Longstreth, 1867-1944,. Morris L. Parrish collection of Victorian novelists, 1806-1958 (bulk 1830s-1930s). Princeton University Library
creatorOf 'Sir Henry Tunstall': a poem by Patrick Branwell Brontë; 1838. Autograph fair copy, with revisions, written in minute characters on both sides of six octavo leaves of ruled cream wove paper. No watermark. The poem is dated at the beginning 'Bradford ..., 1838 British Library
creatorOf Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855. Letters to William Smith Williams, 1847-1851. Houghton Library
creatorOf Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855. Charlotte Brontë juvenilia, 1829-1830. Houghton Library
referencedIn Emily Brontë collection of papers, 1832-1848 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
referencedIn Autograph File, B, ca.1500-1982 Houghton Library
referencedIn Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855. Autograph letter signed : [Haworth], to W.S. Williams, 1848 Oct. 2. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Brontë, Patrick Branwell, 1817-1848. The rising of the agrarians : manuscript, 1836. Princeton University Library
referencedIn Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989. Correspondence between Daphne Du Maurier and David Masson concerning Du Maurier's book 'The Infernal World of Branwell Bronte' (1960). Brotherton Library, University of Leeds
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