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Unravelling the Mystery: Charlotte Brontë’s 1850 ‘Thackeray Dress’

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Figure 1. J. H. Thompson, Charlotte Brontë, 1850s. Oil on canvas. Brontë Parsonage Museum, Haworth, No. P25

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Figure 1. J. H. Thompson, Charlotte Brontë, 1850s. Oil on canvas. Brontë Parsonage Museum, Haworth, No. P25

Figure 2. Charlotte Brontë ‘Thackeray Dress’, 1850s. Printed delaine. Haworth: Brontë Parsonage Museum, No. D129. 1&2

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Figure 2. Charlotte Brontë ‘Thackeray Dress’, 1850s. Printed delaine. Haworth: Brontë Parsonage Museum, No. D129. 1&2

Figure 3. Eleanor Houghton, Line Drawing of Front of Charlotte Brontë ‘Thackeray Dress’, 2015. Pen and ink

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Figure 3. Eleanor Houghton, Line Drawing of Front of Charlotte Brontë ‘Thackeray Dress’, 2015. Pen and ink

Figure 4. Eleanor Houghton, Line Drawing of Back of Charlotte Brontë ‘Thackeray Dress’, 2015. Pen and ink

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Figure 4. Eleanor Houghton, Line Drawing of Back of Charlotte Brontë ‘Thackeray Dress’, 2015. Pen and ink

Figure 5. Fabric Swatches of Charlotte Brontë’s Dress on Card, date unknown. Haworth: Brontë Parsonage Museum, No. D136

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Figure 5. Fabric Swatches of Charlotte Brontë’s Dress on Card, date unknown. Haworth: Brontë Parsonage Museum, No. D136

Figure 6. ‘Fashions for April 1850’, La Belle Assemblée, January to June 1850, Volume 32 (London: Joseph Rogerson)

Figure 6. ‘Fashions for April 1850’, La Belle Assemblée, January to June 1850, Volume 32 (London: Joseph Rogerson)

Figure 7. Dress Fragment, 1850s. Printed delaine. Haworth: Brontë Parsonage Museum, No. D129

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Figure 7. Dress Fragment, 1850s. Printed delaine. Haworth: Brontë Parsonage Museum, No. D129

Figure 8. Eleanor Houghton, Sketch of Fabric of Berries and Leaves, 2015. Copied from a design included in Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations 1851: Reports by the Juries, ed. by Charles Wentworth Dilke (London: William Clowes and Sons, 1852), Figure , p. 743

Figure 8. Eleanor Houghton, Sketch of Fabric of Berries and Leaves, 2015. Copied from a design included in Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations 1851: Reports by the Juries, ed. by Charles Wentworth Dilke (London: William Clowes and Sons, 1852), Figure 2, p. 743

Figure 9. Charlotte Brontë Going Away Dress, 1854. Brown striped silk. Haworth: Brontë Parsonage Museum, No. D74 1&2

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Figure 9. Charlotte Brontë Going Away Dress, 1854. Brown striped silk. Haworth: Brontë Parsonage Museum, No. D74 1&2