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Jane Austen

(1775-1817), Novelist

Regency 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.

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'Work in Progress',  - NPG 7145

'Work in Progress'

acrylic on paper collaged on panels, 2021-2022
On display in Room 33 on Floor 0 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 7145

Jane Austen, published by Richard Bentley, after  Cassandra Austen - NPG D1007

Jane Austen

published by Richard Bentley, after Cassandra Austen
stipple engraving, published 1870
NPG D1007

Jane Austen, published by Richard Bentley, after  Cassandra Austen - NPG D1008

Jane Austen

published by Richard Bentley, after Cassandra Austen
stipple engraving, published 1870
NPG D1008

Jane Austen, published by Richard Bentley, after  Cassandra Austen - NPG D13873

Jane Austen

published by Richard Bentley, after Cassandra Austen
stipple engraving, published 1870
NPG D13873

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