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Portrait of Jane Austen is reversed

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The image of of Jane Austen (uploaded by User:Kyd at 20:13 on 31 December 2006) currently used in the Jane Austen article seems to have been reversed so that the sitter is looking to our right (her left). This appears to be an error in the cited source "The Face of Jane Austen". The original sketch by Cassandra Austen displayed at the National Portrait Gallery portrays her looking to our left (her right).

Sources (all accessed in the past 12 hours):

National Portrait Gallery image NPG3630 at http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?search=sp&sText=NPG3630&rNo=0 (primary source)
Stapleton, Michael (Ed). Cambridge Guide to English Literature, page 38. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press & Newnes Books, 1983. ISBN 0-521-25647-X. (secondary source)
Le Faye, Deirdre. Jane Austen: A Family Record. Second Edition, plate 13 on page 83 and plate reference on page vii "watercolour by Cassandra, c.1810? Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London (reg. no. 3630)." Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-521-53417-8. (secondary source)
Inside front covers "a drawing by her sister Cassandra, in the National Portrait Gallery" of Penguin English Library editions of Mansfield Park (1966, ISBN 0140430164), Northanger Abbey (1972 ISBN 0140430741), Lady Susan/The Watsons/Sanditon (1974, ISBN 0140431020).
Front cover "by courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery" of Tomalin, Claire. Jane Austen: A Life. London: Penguin Books, 1997 revised and updated 2000. ISBN 0140296907.
Images used by the Jane Austen Society biography and Jane Austen Society of North America biography.
My personal inspection of the original at National Portrait Gallery London, on 2008-03-26 at 14:00 UTC. (original research)

Pointillist (talk) 01:17, 27 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Possible higher resolution image

I have a high resolution scan I made of this image from a print I got from the National Portrait Gallery. I'm willing to upload a mid-sized version. What do you think? Justinfindlay (talk) 05:01, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It would be great to have a better image - in the original her eyes are a warm rich brown rather than the tidal mudbank color in the current image. But Bridgeman_Art_Library_v._Corel_Corp. and Museums Copyright Group 2004 statement may be relevant.... Pointillist (talk) 22:48, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

From where did the current image originate? I read through your two references. It is disappointing that museums 'rely on' revenue they get from 'licensing' reproductions of items in their collection, because in this way they've effectively argued themselves into believing that a permanent prevention of a quality digital reproduction of this portrait becoming part of the public domain is good. Justinfindlay (talk) 16:57, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]