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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