DC Moore Gallery is pleased to announce that the Bank of England has selected a drawing by Isabel Bishop to include on their banknote commemorating Jane Austen.
According to a news release by the Bank of England, one of the features of the design is:
"An illustration of Miss Elizabeth Bennet undertaking 'The examination of all the letters which Jane had written to her'– from a drawing by Isabel Bishop (1902-1988), who illustrated E. P. Dutton & Company’s 1976 edition of Pride and Prejudice. Copyright DC Moore Gallery, New York, representing the Estate of Isabel Bishop."