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Jul 16, 2011 · The 160 surviving letters, as well as Cassandra's artwork and accounts of Jane, provide a limited glimpse into the life of this beloved author. 1. Back-veiw portrait of Jane Austen by Cassandra Austen, 1804. Portrait of Jane Austen by Cassandra Austen, ca. 1810.
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Art. The two Austen girls were also tutored at home in drawing and the piano. In 1791, Cassandra produced a series of circular illustrations of British monarchs for Jane's manuscript The History of England, which are noted to have resembled members of the Austen family more than royalty. [1] .
Cassandra Austen, beloved sister to Jane, was a talented artist in her own right. At age 19, she illustrated Jane's satirical History of England with thirteen delightful ink-and-watercolor portraits.
Nov 15, 2010 · The pencil and watercolour picture Cassandra made of Jane Austen in about 1810, is in the National Portrait Gallery, St Martin’s Place, London, just off Trafalgar Square.
The only authenticated picture of Jane Austen is a small pencil and watercolor sketch made by her sister, Cassandra, on display in the National Portrait Gallery in London. Cassandra also painted a watercolor of her in a blue dress with her face hidden by a bonnet.
This frank sketch by her sister and closest confidante Cassandra is the only reasonably certain portrait from life to show Austen’s face. It is the basis for a late nineteenth-century engraving, commissioned by Austen's nephew, which is reproduced on the ten pound bank note.
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Jul 16, 2011 · Within their family, the two girls learned drawing, to play the piano, etc. Jane and Cassandra Austen returned home and lived at the Rectory, an integral part of their community until their removal to Bath in 1800.
