Engraving after a sketch by Cassandra Austen; evidently executed as a frontispiece portrait for James Edward Austen-Leigh's biography of Austen, A memoir of Jane Austen. London : Richard Bentley, 1870.
Housed with MA 2911.
Part of a collection that includes manuscripts, letters, and notes in Jane Austen's autograph. The collection also includes letters addressed to Austen by James Stanier Clarke and a steel engraving of Austen. Items in the collection are described in 12 individual records (MA 1034.1-12).
High reserve.
Seated three-quarter portrait of Austen in a ribboned cap with her arms resting in her lap.