Mary Pearson Portrait Miniature
Sophie Reynolds, Collections and Interpretations Manager at Jane Austen's House introduces this watercolour portrait miniature depicting Miss Mary Pearson, who was briefly engaged to Jane’s brother, Henry Austen. As a pretty girl who jumped into a short-lived engagement with a dashing young soldier, Mary is said to have inspired the character of Lydia Bennet ¬– the officer-obsessed teenager who eloped with the notorious Mr Wickham in Pride and Prejudice.
