L&T Archive 1998-2003

The portrait of Jane Austen

I've just realised that there's something I don't know.

Does anyone know when Cassandra drew/painted the picture of Jane? I was just looking at it (she is always near wherever I work and provides me with much inspiration), and pondered on the deep black shadows under her eyes. So would it have been done when she was starting to go black around the face? I don't think she looks terribly well in it - in fact she could do with a good dose of Gowland through the winter months.

Or am I barking up quite the wrong tree?

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The portrait of Jane Austen
Jane portrait
Black around the Face?
No one really knows