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Title
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J Austen
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Description
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This is a portrait of Jane Austen, said to have been painted when she was fifteen years old in Bath. The painting was done by Johann Zoffany. At the time of printing of this edition, the painting was in the possession of Reverend J. Morland Rice, Rector of Bramber, Sussex, grandson of Jane Austen’s brother, Edward. It was reproduced with permission of Rev. Rice as the frontispiece of this collection of Austen’s novels. According to information in the list of illustrations, the painting belonged to Colonel Austen of Kippington, a descendant of Jane Austen’s great-uncle, Uncle Francis, and was a friend of her father. Colonel Austen then gave it to his friend, Mrs. Hardinge-Newman who greatly admired Austen's novels. Mrs. Hardinge-Newman's stepson, Dr. Hardinge-Newman, left it to Mr. Rice. In this painting, Austen wears a dress in the traditional regency style with an empire waist. Her hair is worn up, and she holds a parasol. The same image appears as the frontispiece for the Dent 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, and 1897 editions of Sense and Sensibility.
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Image Creator
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Johann Zoffany (painter)
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Identifier
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mta:25572
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Source Name
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Sense and Sensibility
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Image
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