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Jane Austen's house, Winchester.

Print
1919 (made)
Artist/Maker
Power, Molly (made)
Place of origin
Winchester (made)

Woodcut of a house.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Woodcuts
Topography
Architecture
Object type
Print
TitleJane Austen's house, Winchester. (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Woodcut.
Woodcut
Brief description
Woodcut by Molly Power: "Jane Austen's house, Winchester."
Physical description
Woodcut of a house.
Dimensions
  • Height: 3 3/4in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
  • Width: 2 9/16in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
Marks and inscriptions
Signed M P (monogr.). In pencil Molly Power 1919. (Inscription from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
Credit line
Presented by the Artist.
Object history
Jane Austen's house in Winchester can be found on 8 College Street, besides the Headmaster of Winchester College's house. There, Jane Austen died at the age of 41 (July 1817) in her sister's arms after suffering several months of illness. It is thought Austen moved to Winchester several years before her death so she could be closer to her doctor. A blue plaque has been installed to commemorate the life of the author of novels such as Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility and Northanger Abbey.
Subject depicted
Austen, Jane
Place depicted
Winchester
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.5368-1919

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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