Jane Austen

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Jane Austen, English novelist (1775-1817).

An 1804 watercolor of Jane Austen by her sister Cassandra	A sketch of Jane Austen by her sister Cassandra (c.1810)	A sketch of Jane Austen by her sister Cassandra (c.1810)	Posthumous engraving of Austen published in the 1869-70 Memoir
1873 re-engraving of the Memoir	Colorized version of the 1873 re-engraving

Note: The portraits published after 1810 are based on that of Mr. Andrews of Maidenhead, Kent, published in 1870 in the Memoir of Jane Austen, a Victorianized image. The 1870 engraving sentimentalized and reinterpreted in subsequent publications, with varying results. The faithfulness of all of these "portraits" is thus somewhat doubtful and Austen's relatives disagreed about their accuracy.

[edit] Family and home

Cassandra Leigh Austen, Jane Austen's mother	Cassandra Austen, Jane Austen's sister	Francis Austen, Jane Austen's brother	Henry Austen, Jane Austen's brother
James Austen, Jane Austen's brother	Edward Austen, Jane Austen's brother	Jane Austen's house in Chawton	Steventon Rectory, Jane Austen's home for much of her life
Jane Austen's family coat of arms