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 ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A portrait of a young girl that some believe is the only known painting of English novelist Jane Austen failed to sell at auction on Thursday. Christie's said no one offered the ...
Portrait of Jane Austen, nee Grey, three-quarter-length, in a white dress, seated in a landscape with her dog; and Portrait of Ralph William Grey, three-quarter-length, in a grey velvet coat and green ...
"Everyone can tell you when they read their first Jane Austen. It's like losing your virginity -- nobody ever forgets." -- Edith Lank, Janeite The amiable body of men and women have assembled at the ...
Julia Margaret Cameron, "The Mountain Nymph Sweet Liberty" (1866), albumen print (© The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A portrait of a young girl that some believe is the only known painting of novelist Jane Austen failed to sell at auction on Thursday. Christie's said no one offered the owner's ...