Artwork of Jane Austen’s older sister to go on show in house where siblings lived

Exhibition of rarely seen paintings by Cassandra Austen part of events marking 250th anniversary of author's birth

Perhaps most well-known for destroying thousands of her more famous sister's letters, Cassandra Austen's act of what some called literary vandalism overshadowed her accomplished skills as an artist.

But now the artwork of Jane Austen's older sister - played by Keeley Hawes in the recent BBC drama Miss Austen - are to go on display together for the first time in the house where the siblings lived.