Jane Austen

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository

Jane Austen, English novelist, lived 1775-1816.

Note: All the older "portraits" of Austen were based on an engraving in the 1870 Edward Austen-Leigh Memoir of Jane Austen, which in turn was based on a somewhat rudimentary life sketch of Jane Austen by her sister Cassandra (a sketch which was generally not considered too successful by those who had known Jane Austen) as reinterpreted and Victorianized in 1869 by Mr. Andrews of Maidenhead, Kent, and then the engraver (see Jane Austen: A Family Record, p. 253). The 1870 engraving which was the result of this process was further redone and reinterpreted in subsequent publications, with varying results. The accuracy of all of these "portraits" is thus somewhat doubtful.

A rudimentary life sketch of Jane Austen	The 1870 engraving from the Memoir	A relatively good reengraving of the Memoir portrait	Rather stiff 1873 version
Cropped	Cropped more	Added colour	1816 — Emma not important enough to review
Jane Austen's house	Jane Austen's family coat of arms

[edit] See also

• Category:Pride and Prejudice
• Category:Northanger Abbey
• Category:Cassandra Austen