New waxwork figure of Jane Austen at the Jane Austen Centre in Bath, England
Many of us who have loved reading and re-reading Jane Austen's novels have probably wondered what she actually looked like. I think most of us hope that she didn't resemble the portrait that Cassandra Austen rendered of her sister since it makes Jane look like a "sourpuss." Now artists along with forensic specialists have created a wax figure of Jane Austen in which they have used modern forensic techniques as well as written descriptions of Austen given by her contemporaries to create a new 3-D wax figure. Look at the photo above and see what you think! --Mildred Tilley
The Jane Austen
Centre said its new waxwork had been "created by a specialist team
using forensic techniques which draw on contemporary eye-witness
accounts", and that it is the closest "anyone has come to the real Jane
Austen for 200 years." --Quote taken from The Guardian Online
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