The Rice portrait of Jane Austen
Subtitle: the ill-conceived controversy
By: Richard James Wheeler.
Contributors: Wheeler, Richard James.
Publisher: Codex Publications
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Westerham, Kent, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 87
Subjects: Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 -- Portraits; Novelists, English -- 19th century -- Portraits
Description: Author presents the argument that a portrait of a young girl, usually known as the "Rice portrait", is of Jane Austen and should not have been given an export licence. He contests opinions put forward by the National Portrait Gallery. He suggests that the portrait is by Ozias Humphry.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 84) and index.
"Extracted from Part II of 'A clergyman carried off to sea' by the same author."