A Woman's Wit: Jane Austen's Life and Legacy

Jane Austen

(1775–1817)

Steel engraving after a sketch by Cassandra Austen; evidently executed as a frontispiece portrait for James Edward Austen-Leigh's biography of Austen entitled A Memoir of Jane Austen

MA 1034.12

Jane Austen

(1775–1817)

A portion of the autograph manuscript of The Watsons, an unfinished novel written ca. 1804

MA 1034.2

Jane Austen

(1775–1817)

Autograph note concerning the "Profits of my Novels, over and above the £600 in the Navy Fives" ca. March 1817

MA 1034.5

Jane Austen

(1775–1817)

Autograph manuscript of a plan of a novel, according to hints from various quarters [circa 1815]

MA 1034.1

Jane Austen

(1775–1817)

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

MA 977.16

Jane Austen

(1775–1817)

Autograph letter signed, dated Bath, 2 June 1799, to Cassandra Austen

MA 977.4

Jane Austen

(1775–1817)

Autograph manuscript of a brief poem on Captain Foote's marriage to Miss Patten

MA 1034.3

Isabel Bishop

(1902–1988)

The Examination of All the Letters Which Jane Had Written to Her

1979.32:15

William Blake

(1757-1827)

Portrait of Mrs. Q (Mrs. Harriet Quentin)

1998.36:4

James Gillray

(1756–1815)

And Catch the Living Manners as They Rise

1986.393