Christie's auction house today will put up for sale what is believed to be the only oil painting of Jane Austen. It's being sold by one of the writer's descendants, Henry Rice. The Rice Portrait of ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A portrait of a young girl that some believe is the only known painting of English novelist Jane Austen failed to sell at auction on Thursday. Christie's said no one offered the ...

Her writing lives on (she died on this day in 1817, and we’ll celebrate the 250th anniversary of her birth next December), offering us timeless characters. Left: The Rice portrait is believed by the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A portrait of a young girl that some believe is the only known painting of novelist Jane Austen failed to sell at auction on Thursday. Christie's said no one offered the owner's ...