Jane Austen
(1775-1817), NovelistRegency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter associated with 6 portraits
Few English novelists have commanded such popular affection and critical respect as the author of some of the supreme masterpieces of nineteenth-century fiction, including Pride and Prejudice (1813) and Emma (1816). The daughter of a clergyman, she lived quietly with her family in Hampshire and later Bath. With her strong sense of irony and her acute observations of genteel social relations, and the position of women during the Regency, Austen’s six main novels made ordinary domestic life a compelling subject for fiction. Indeed, Austen compared her writing to painting literary miniatures on ivory.
by Unknown artist
hollow-cut silhouette, circa 1800-1815
NPG 3181
by Cassandra Austen
pencil and watercolour, circa 1810
NPG 3630
acrylic on paper collaged on panels, 2021-2022
On display in Room 33 on Floor 0 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 7145
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published by Richard Bentley, after Cassandra Austen
stipple engraving, published 1870
NPG D1007
published by Richard Bentley, after Cassandra Austen
stipple engraving, published 1870
NPG D1008
published by Richard Bentley, after Cassandra Austen
stipple engraving, published 1870
NPG D13873
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