Lot 444: Attributed to Patrick Branwell BrontÙ 1817-1848-

Attributed to Patrick Branwell BrontÙ 1817-1848- "Runswick Near Whitby"; oil on artists board, bears signature, Note: Patrick Branwell Bronte, born June 1817, at Thornton, Bradford in Yorkshire, fourth child of the six BrontÙ children. (the spelling of the family surname being changed to honour Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Duke of BrontÚ) Eight miles north of Whitby, the village of Runswick Bay clings to the cliffs at the end of a long sandy beach. At the end of the steep descent from Hinderwell village. Many cottages had been lost to the sea over the centuries. Though the village is now protected by a sea-wall, In order to increase the family income, the fisherfolk would live in beach huts during the summer months while letting their cottages to the artists and holiday-makers who flocked to the village after the railway was built.