Cassandra Austen

Cassandra Austen

Cassandra Elizabeth Austen (9 January 1773 – 22 March 1845) was an amateur English watercolourist and the elder sister of Jane Austen.

Read more about Cassandra Austen:  Childhood, Art, Later Life

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