2. Two family portraits

Watercolour portrait by Cassandra of Fanny Catherine Knight.

Although this informal portrait of a niece at her own watercolours is undated, Fanny noted in her diary entry of 3 September 1805: ‘Aunt Cassandra took my likeness.’  This may be the picture to which she refers.

Watercolour portrait of James Austen.

This portrait is unsigned and undated. It has been identified as James Austen, the eldest of Jane and Cassandra’s brothers, and is believed to also be the work of Cassandra.