File:Jane Austen, from A Memoir of Jane Austen (1870).jpg

Original file (4,862 × 8,312 pixels, file size: 13.22 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons. Information from its description page there is shown below.
Commons is a freely licensed media file repository. You can help.

This is a featured picture, which means that members of the community have identified it as one of the finest images on the English Wikipedia, adding significantly to its accompanying article. If you have a different image of similar quality, be sure to upload it using the proper free license tag, add it to a relevant article, and nominate it.

This image was selected as picture of the day on the English Wikipedia for December 16, 2010.

Description	Portrait of Jane Austen, from the memoir by J. E. Austen-Leigh (1798-1874). All other portraits of Austen are generally based on this, which is itself based on a sketch by Cassandra Austen
Date	1870
Source	A Memoir of Jane Austen by her nephew J. E. Austen-Leigh, Vicar of Bray, Berks. London: Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, Publisher in Ordinary to her Majesty, 1870
Author	From a watercolour by James Andrews of Maidenhead based on an unfinished work by Cassandra Austen. Engraving by William Home Lizars.
Permission (Reusing this file)	See below (other versions presumed the same)
Other versions	Derivative works of this file: JaneAusten-1870-cropped.jpg File:Jane_Austen,_from_A_Memoir_of_Jane_Austen_(1870).png - Restored version (PNG) File:Jane Austen, from A Memoir of Jane Austen (1870) - Original scan.png - Original scan



Alternative names	Cassandra Elizabeth Austen
Description	British painter and watercolorist
Date of birth/death	9 January 1773	22 March 1845
Location of birth/death	Steventon	Chawton
Authority file	: Q2505245 VIAF: 55493294 ISNI: 0000000066880187 ULAN: 500031673 LCCN: n82071586 NLA: 35815600 WorldCat

Licensing

The author died in 1874, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

PDMCreative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0falsefalse


	This is a featured picture on the English language Wikipedia (Featured pictures) and is considered one of the finest images. See its nomination here. If you think this file should be featured on Wikimedia Commons as well, feel free to nominate it. If you have an image of similar quality that can be published under a suitable copyright license, be sure to upload it, tag it, and nominate it.

This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: Dirt, scratches, and a minor rip removed. Levels adjusted, cropped. Minor repairs to lettering, etc..

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	18:18, 27 August 2009	4,862 × 8,312 (13.22 MB)	Adam Cuerden	Teeny tiny desaturation
	17:44, 27 August 2009	4,862 × 8,312 (13.22 MB)	Adam Cuerden	Teeny tiny desaturation
	23:04, 26 August 2009	4,862 × 8,312 (13.23 MB)	Adam Cuerden	Better colours
	22:16, 26 August 2009	4,808 × 8,368 (15.73 MB)	Adam Cuerden	Further tweaks and cleanup.
	03:31, 26 August 2009	5,691 × 9,460 (16.53 MB)	Staxringold	Further cleanup per discussions w/ Shoemaker
	02:45, 26 August 2009	5,691 × 9,460 (30.42 MB)	Staxringold	{{Information \|Description=Portrait of Jane Austen, from the memoir by J. E. Austen-Leigh. All other portraits of Austen are generally based on this, which is itself based on a sketch by Cassandra Austen \|Source=''A Memoir of Jane Austen'' by her nephew J