Is This Jane Austen?

[poliphilo]

This is the Rice portrait of the teenage Jane Austen which is being sold at Christie's today. 

Is it authentic ? 

Hmmmmmm. 

It's supported by oral tradition but...

...Some people think the frock is all wrong for the 1780s.

Short of going back in a Tardis we're never going to know.

But it's pretty, isn't it?

Comments

[burgi.livejournal.com]

nice victorian parasole (we have two originals in the garage) nice pic put not Jane (or is she in league with the Doctor).

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

If that's a Victorian parasol then the game's up!

[burgi.livejournal.com]

as you say if that was Jane or even belived to be then it would have gone for a lot more.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Alas, yes.

I'm sorry it's not turned out to be credible.