To celebrate the author's 250th birthday, a new exhibition at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York City features ...

Spirited (and gossipy) letters and manuscripts at the Morgan Library and Museum puncture myths about the writer’s rise to literary fame.

Christie's auction house today will put up for sale what is believed to be the only oil painting of Jane Austen. It's being sold by one of the writer's descendants, Henry Rice. The Rice Portrait ...

“Jane Austen has always been a beloved figure at the Morgan ... At the end of the show is Amy Sherald's magnificent portrait ...

Simon also argues that Henry Austen, Jane's brother and literary executor, did not provide the portrait for the 1832 edition of the novels. And Simon's trump card is "dry and dusty art history ...

The Morgan Library & Museum in New York City is commemorating the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth with a landmark exhibition of her personal and professional objects, including manuscripts ...

A portrait of a young girl that some believe is the only known painting of English novelist Jane Austen failed to sell at auction Thursday. Christie’s said no one offered the owner’s minimum ...

Autograph letter to Cassandra Austen, Godmersham, June 20–22, 1808.

Jane Austen’s letters reveal her trademark sharp ... The only authenticated portrait of Jane was drawn by Cassandra; it remains the image used on Britain’s ten-pound bank note and the etching ...

A show featuring never-before-seen family portraits is part of a year-long program celebrating 250 years since Jane Austen's birth. Cassandra's hand drawn copy from of a plate from an instruction ...

Portrait of Jane Austen, year and artist unknown. Historians rely on Jane Austen’s correspondence as firsthand evidence of her thoughts and relationships. The letters offer clear insight into ...

Novelist Jane Austen has been given a makeover for the cover of a book about her life after publishers decided an original image of her was unattractive. "She was not much of a looker," said Helen ...