When Henry Rice was growing up, a portrait of a young girl hung over the mantelpiece in the family home. It was, he was told, his illustrious forebear, for Rice is reportedly the sixth generation ...

A rare 1869 watercolor of Jane Austen will join five other portraits, ... “What this adds to the show is the family’s recreation of their aunt in a way which they felt was palatable to an ...

James Andrews, “Jane Austen” (1869), watercolor Private collection, courtesy of the 19th Century Rare Book and Photograph Shop, Stevenson, Maryland In a rarely seen 1869 portrait of Jane ...

The series—which opens in 1830, 13 years after Jane’s death—follows Cassandra as she races to help Isabella, a friend’s daughter who is being pushed out of her family home.

Jane Austen’s letters reveal her trademark sharp wit—sometimes maybe too sharp for polite society. Photos.com // Getty Images Portrait of Jane Austen, year and artist unknown.

Art History Who Was Cassandra Austen, Jane Austen’s Artist Sister? A show featuring never-before-seen family portraits is part of a year-long program celebrating 250 years since Jane Austen's birth.

Sure, you’re familiar with Cassandra Austen, but what about Mary, Isabella, or Eliza? Here’s how everyone’s connected in the Masterpiece show.

The possibility has just become greater as the Austen family's Steventon House in Hampshire is now for sale. With a guide price of nearly $10.5 million, ... Portrait of Jane Austen Circa 1790.

He was a reverend from old money, but her family wasn’t wealthy. In Jane Austen, the Secret Radical , author Helena Kelly explains this unfortunate connection.

Jane Austen’s letters reveal her trademark sharp wit—sometimes maybe too sharp for polite society. Portrait of Jane Austen, year and artist unknown. Photos.com - Getty Images ...