Clarke Hall, Edna (1879 – 1979) – Wuthering Heights; Hareton and Cathy at the Hearth.

Clarke Hall, Edna (1879 - 1979)

Wuthering Heights; Hareton and Cathy at the Hearth. Pen, brush, ink and white heightening. c.1902. Provenance: Fry Gallery; Private Collection. Literature: 'The Slade: A Collection of Drawings and Some Pictures Done by Past and Present Students of the London Slade School of Art, MDCCCXCIII - MDCCCVII', Publ. London, 1907, Plate 34. 11.75x9.5 inches. Framed: 19x16 inches.

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Edna Clarke Hall was one of the great draughtswomen to come out of the Slade at the turn of the twentieth century. From 1899 she began making Wuthering Heights drawings. These were sometimes direct illustrations and sometimes compositions intended to capture the charged atmosphere of the novel. Using herself as the model for Cathy and her home as a set, the works became a sort of emotional self-portrait; an outpouring of her own psychological crises.

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This work appears in the Exhibition: British Works on Paper 2026 (Incl. David Bindman Collection)