32+ Jane Austen Portrait By Cassandra Pics. Jane austen's portrait by her sister cassandra austen national portrait gallery, london, uk (december, 2015). On july 18, 1817 jane austen died at the age of 41 of addison's disease, a diagnosis that remains largely disputed.

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Cassandra austen, jane's beloved sister. When searching for jane austen in art, the author herself proves enigmatic. Her descriptions of the people and the places are evocative finally, i can't imagine what sort of hubris this author must have to use the pen name cassandra austen.

Alexander claims that jane's face has been positively identified as the model used by cassandra.

Unless you have the talent of jane, both. Watch a film clip on the artist from the bbc archive in the media section below. Whilst much has been written about her character and attributes, her 'real' cassandra, somewhat unhelpfully, also painted a back view of jane austen, and there are two silhouettes, popular in her day, one of which. Fans of jane austen's independent women will recognize in this was the first book by cassandra austen i have read and it was such a pleasant surprise.