Online Exhibition: Pride and Prejudice at 200
Celebrating the 200th year of Pride and Prejudice, images of the productions through the years and a taste of Jane Austen’s England.
One of the few original works depicting Jane Austen.
Jane Austen by Cassandra Austen
pencil and watercolour, circa 1810
4 1/2 in. x 3 1/8 in. (114 mm x 80 mm)
Purchased with help from the Friends of the National Libraries, 1948
Primary Collection
NPG 3630
Source:© National Portrait Gallery, London
The portrait belongs to Admiral Sir Ernest Rice, K.C.B., at Sibertswold Place, Dover, Kent
Reproduction from the John Frederick Lewis Collection, Print and Picture Collection, Free Library of Philadelphia
Color reproduction source: Jane Austen: Portrait of a lady. The Economist - http://www.economist.com/node/9044937
From the John Frederick Lewis Collection, Print and Picture Collection, Free Library of Philadelphia
By Johnson, Wilson & Co. Publishers, New York
From the John Frederick Lewis Collection, Print and Picture Collection, Free Library of Philadelphia
Reproduction from the John Frederick Lewis Collection, Print and Picture Collection, Free Library of Philadelphia
Jane Austen biographer Dr. Paula Byrne believes she has found another portrait of Jane Austen.
Source: Flood, Alison. "Jane Austen biographer discovers 'lost portrait'". December 5, 2011. The Guardian - http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/dec/05/jane-austen-lost-portrait
Do you love Jane Austen? This is a link to our local chapter of Jane Austen Society of North America.