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Jane Austen statue design unveiled in Basingstoke | Jane Austen statue design unveiled in Basingstoke |
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A maquette for what is believed to be the first statue of Jane Austen is to be unveiled later. | A maquette for what is believed to be the first statue of Jane Austen is to be unveiled later. |
The £100,000 life-sized bronze sculpture is to be placed in Basingstoke town centre in July to mark the bicentenary of the author's death. | The £100,000 life-sized bronze sculpture is to be placed in Basingstoke town centre in July to mark the bicentenary of the author's death. |
Sculptor Adam Roud said it would represent Austen as a "strong-willed and independent character". | Sculptor Adam Roud said it would represent Austen as a "strong-willed and independent character". |
Austen spent the first 25 years of her life in Steventon, near Basingstoke, where her father was a vicar. | Austen spent the first 25 years of her life in Steventon, near Basingstoke, where her father was a vicar. |
The statue has been commissioned by the Hampshire Cultural Trust and will be placed in Market Place. A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to raise the remaining £10,000 needed for the project. | |
A maquette is a small preliminary sketch, or wax or clay model, from which a work is elaborated. | A maquette is a small preliminary sketch, or wax or clay model, from which a work is elaborated. |
Mr Roud said he wanted the final figure to have "poise and dynamism". | |
"The vision I have is that she is walking in the square and someone has just said 'good morning Jane'. | |
"She was a real person with her own character and hopefully I can get across she was a headstrong woman of her time, but is relevant to us today because of her novels," he added. | |
Jane Austen was born in 1775 in Steventon, where her father was the vicar of St Nicholas Church. | Jane Austen was born in 1775 in Steventon, where her father was the vicar of St Nicholas Church. |
The family lived there until they moved to Bath in 1801. | The family lived there until they moved to Bath in 1801. |
Austen knew Basingstoke well and attended social gatherings at the Assembly Rooms in Market Square and regularly visited family friends at the Vyne, Oakley Hall and Ashe House. | Austen knew Basingstoke well and attended social gatherings at the Assembly Rooms in Market Square and regularly visited family friends at the Vyne, Oakley Hall and Ashe House. |
Her experiences are thought to have provided her with material for her novels. | Her experiences are thought to have provided her with material for her novels. |
She wrote drafts for Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice while in Steventon. | She wrote drafts for Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice while in Steventon. |
The maquette is due to be officially unveiled at a launch event in Farleigh House. | The maquette is due to be officially unveiled at a launch event in Farleigh House. |
What Austen actually looked like has been a source of debate among academics. | What Austen actually looked like has been a source of debate among academics. |
The only confirmed portrait of the author made during her lifetime is by her sister, Cassandra. | The only confirmed portrait of the author made during her lifetime is by her sister, Cassandra. |
A waxwork, created using eyewitness accounts, and the help of Emmy award-winning costume designer Andrea Galer and an FBI-trained forensic artist, was unveiled at the Jane Austen Centre in Bath in 2014. | A waxwork, created using eyewitness accounts, and the help of Emmy award-winning costume designer Andrea Galer and an FBI-trained forensic artist, was unveiled at the Jane Austen Centre in Bath in 2014. |