Sotheby's said the painting was "part of our cultural history" A painting described as the "most famous image" of Jane Austen has sold at auction for £164,500. The James Andrews watercolour was ...
A famous portrait of Pride and Prejudice novelist Jane Austen is expected to fetch £200,000 when it goes under the hammer today. The James Andrews portrait, perhaps the most famous image of the writer ...
The new Bank of England notes, which were released last week, feature the Sense and Sensibility author in a portrait painted after her death, in which she appears noticeably prettier than in the only ...
Christie's auction house today will put up for sale what is believed to be the only oil painting of Jane Austen. It's being sold by one of the writer's descendants, Henry Rice. The Rice Portrait of ...
I'm looking at this portrait of Jane Austen and thinking that the early-nineteenth century writer was pretty cute. I mean yeah, she looks all 1810 with that bonnet and stuff, but if I met her in a ...
The original portrait of author Jane Austen which will go on £10 notes is being auctioned by her family. The painting of the Pride and Prejudice writer, said to be the “defining image” of her, is ...
A portrait of the only Jane Austen character "explicitly of African descent" has been revealed, to mark 250 years since the author's birth. Fictional Miss Lambe, a wealthy heiress, was described as ...
People are being urged to check their pockets for special edition £5 notes with a tiny engraved portrait of Jane Austen on it, as they could be worth £50,000 each. Specialist micro-engraver Graham ...
The best-known image of Jane Austen, soon to appear on a £10 bank note, is to be offered to fans for the first time at an estimated £200,000, after her family put it up for auction By Hannah Furness ...
The new banknote will use an 1870 portrait (right) rather than a version by her sister Cassandra, circa 1810 A Jane Austen biographer has criticised the Bank of England for selecting an "airbrushed" ...
A painting described as the "most famous image" of Jane Austen has sold at auction for £164,500. The James Andrews watercolour was commissioned by the novelist's nephew in 1869 and a version will ...