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Jane Austen
1 of 3 portraits on display in Room 18 at the National Portrait Gallery
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
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This frank sketch by her sister and closest confidante Cassandra is the only reasonably certain portrait from life. Even so, Jane's relatives were not entirely convinced by it: 'there is a look which I recognise as hers', her niece wrote, 'though the general resemblance is not strong, yet as it represents a pleasing countenance it is so far a truth.'
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- Audio Guide
- I-Spy National Portrait Gallery, 2010, p. 29
- Cooper, John, Visitor's Guide, 2000, p. 67
- Cooper, John, A Guide to the National Portrait Gallery, 2009, p. 33
- Eger, Elizabeth; Peltz, Lucy, Brilliant Women: 18th Century Bluestockings, 2008 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 13 March to 15 June 2008), p. 135
- Eger, Elizabeth; Peltz, Lucy, Brilliant Women: 18th Century Bluestockings, 2008 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 13 March to 15 June 2008), p. 135
- Holmes, Richard, Insights: The Romantic Poets and Their Circle, 2005, p. 98
- Holmes, Richard; Crane, David; Woof, Robert; Hebron, Stephen, Romantics and Revolutionaries: Regency portraits from the National Portrait Gallery, 2002, p. 75
- Rogers, Malcolm, Master Drawings from the National Portrait Gallery, 1993 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 5 August to 23 October 1994), p. 11
- Saumarez Smith, Charles, The National Portrait Gallery: An Illustrated Guide, 2000, p. 108
- Saumarez Smith, Charles, The National Portrait Gallery, 1997, p. 108
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 24
- Walker, Richard, Miniatures: 300 Years of the English Miniature, 1998, p. 95
- Walker, Richard, Regency Portraits, 1985, p. 16
- Woof, Robert; Hebron, Stephen, Romantic Icons, 1999, p. 69
- Woof, Robert; Hebron, Stephen, Romantic Icons, 1999, p. 69
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