At Ramble, Elizabeth MaryAnne asked:

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OK, I was flicking through my grandparents' The Book of Knowledge, volume 1, which contains information about Austen.

Only, the thing is, I thought that there was only one surviving portrait of Austen, done by Cassandra, but this has an entirely different one of Jane as a young girl. It is painted by 'A German artist, Johann Zoffany (1725-1819), who came to England in 1758.

I was wondering if anybody has ever seen or heard of this portrait?

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There are a couple of portraits that are alleged to be of Jane Austen, but some scholarly disagreement as to whether or not they are. Here's a link to the Male Voices website page that discusses the both the Rice portrait and the Clarke drawing.