Emily, Charlotte and Anne Bronte...

A gathering of Bronte's...take a good squiz and you may notice the faint outline of brother Branwell in the centre. He later turned his self-portrait into a pillar behind the sisters.

Portrait of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte, the work of second-born sibling Branwell, painted c. 1834. The portrait seen (discovered by Elizabeth Gaskell in the 1850's) here has been partially cropped-the original, with it's wear, tear and age-related creasing, is a 3/4 length piece. Branwell, who fancied himself an artist and would live to be only 31, originally had included himself in the painting, but later altered his work and removed himself, adding a pillar as, so the story goes, he considered the painting too cluttered upon completion.

In the last few days, the original 1830's portrait made it's way back to Haworth Parsonage in West Yorkshire to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Emily's birth. The portrait will reside in the Parsonage until August, where it will then be transported along with it's four ghosts back to the National Gallery.