Rice Portrait Update

If you’ve visited my blog before you will know that I’ve written at length about this delightful portrait of Jane Austen by Ozias Humphry.There’s a lovely article in JASNA news this month by Anne Rice, the owner of the portrait, and her brother, Robin Roberts, which is introduced by the editor, Sheryl Craig. Click on [...]

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The Rice Portrait Provenance by Mrs. Henry Rice – Edward Rice 1899-1973, and Henry Rice 1928-2010

Edward Rice As we come to the close of this fascinating history of the Rice Portrait provenance, I’d like to tell you about a new website, which gives more detail and information about the painting. The Rice Portrait of Jane Austen is to be found at www.janeaustenriceportrait.co.uk, and will cover every aspect of the portrait’s history [...]

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The Rice Portrait Provenance by Mrs. Henry Rice – The Rev. John Morland Rice, 1823-1897, and Admiral Sir Ernest Rice, 1840-1927

Mrs. Henry Rice continues the fascinating history of the Rice portrait with the Rev. John Morland Rice, and Admiral Sir Ernest Rice. Thank you for joining us again! Morland Rice, the sixth owner of the portrait was the fourth son of Elizabeth Austen and Edward Royd Rice, who must have been devoted, producing fifteen children [...]

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The Rice Portrait Provenance by Mrs. Henry Rice – Mrs. Thomas Harding-Newman 1789-1831, and The Rev. Dr. Thomas Harding Newman 1811-1882

Thomas Harding Newmanreproduced by kind permission of Edward Harding-Newman Mrs. Rice tells us about the fifth and sixth owners of the portrait today. Elizabeth Hall who married Colonel Thomas Harding Newman in 1818 was the fourth owner of the portrait. She was his second wife, and acquired his son by his first wife Elizabeth Cartwright, [...]

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Professor Claudia Johnson of Princeton University comments on the Rice Portrait of Jane Austen

I’d like to thank Professor Claudia Johnson of Princeton University for kindly granting permission to reproduce this article. It’s a wonderful piece of writing! If one were to contend that the portrait is not Jane Austen, one is dealing with the following scenario: Jane Austen The Rice Portrait That Colonel Thomas Austen, who knew Jane [...]

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The Rice Portrait Provenance by Mrs. Henry Rice – Colonel Thomas Austen

Colonel Thomas AustenReproduced by kind permission of the owner - from a private collection Mrs. Henry Rice joins me today for part three of the Rice Portrait Provenance. The history of the painting is a fascinating one, and I’ve loved hearing about all of the owners, but I must admit, I think Colonel Thomas’s biography is [...]

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The Rice Portrait Provenance by Mrs. Henry Rice – Francis Motley Austen

 Francis Motley AustenReproduced by kind permission of the owner-from a private collection Mrs. Francis Motley AustenReproduced by kind permission of the owner-from a private collection In the second part of this series of blog posts on the provenance of the Rice portrait, Mrs. Henry Rice talks about the second owner of the portrait,  Francis Motley [...]

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The Rice Portrait Provenance by Mrs. Henry Rice

In the first of a new series of blog posts, I’d like to welcome Mrs. Henry Rice who is going to be telling us all about the provenance of the ‘Rice’ Portrait of Jane Austen. Written in her own words is her account taken from letters and documents which her husband Henry Rice collated over [...]

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