Jane Austen Quote

What should I do with your strong, manly, spirited sketches, full of variety and glow? How could I possibly join them on to the little bit (two inches wide) of ivory on which I work with so fine a brush, as produces little effect after much labour?


Letter to J. Edward Austen (1816-12-16)


What should I do with your strong, manly, spirited sketches, full of variety and glow? How could I possibly join them on to the little bit (two...

What should I do with your strong, manly, spirited sketches, full of variety and glow? How could I possibly join them on to the little bit (two...

What should I do with your strong, manly, spirited sketches, full of variety and glow? How could I possibly join them on to the little bit (two...

What should I do with your strong, manly, spirited sketches, full of variety and glow? How could I possibly join them on to the little bit (two...