Bronte Drawing Stone Set

Wallace Seymour Drawing Materials 

Bronte Drawing Stone Set - 4 drawing stones (irregular shapes)

4 Unique drawing materials, from natural materials, associated with and possibly encountered by the Brontë Sisters (and Branwell) on their wanderings, schooling, tutoring in Haworth, Lonsdale, Furness and beyond.

Flappit York Stone – locally quarried in the Worth Valley for house building, paving

Delver’s White – finely ground limestone, from spent lime kilns

Angria Charcoal – half charred wood from house fires, lime kiln burns, heather burning

Furness Ore – small iron forges popped up all over the Furness Peninsula during Branwell’s time as a governor at Broughton in Furness.