1800s Pascalie Hosten, Comtess d’Arjuzon, Playing Guitar. Possibly by Achille-Louis Martinet (1806 – 1877). Brush and watercolor on white wove paper. Via Wikimedia Commons commons.wikimedia.org (PD-ART)

Music was a constant in the life of Jane Austen and her contemporaries, with many households having multiple musical instruments and many members of the family being able to play them.