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 ...

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.

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.

The show’s title, curator Dale Stinchcomb told Observer, is a nod to variations of a phrase that appears in several of Jane Austen’s novels.

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.

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

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 ...