History & The Arts
The People on the Notes: Jane Austen
...English’ that they can be regarded as being as good as Bank of England gold. The detail of the image is also illuminating. The portrait of Austen shows her as a young woman – not, at any rate, in her forties – and rather prettified by comparison even to Victorian prettifications. [Painting of Jane Austen ] Strangely, the quotation from Pride and Prejudice that runs...