LONDON, June 10 (UPI) -- A portrait headed for the auction block reportedly shows what the Irishman believed to have inspired Jane Austen's iconic Darcy character really looked like.
Darcy, the handsome, reserved, romantic hero in Austen's "Pride and Prejudice," has been played by Laurence Olivier and Matthew Macfadyen on the big screen and by Colin Firth in a wildly popular BBC miniseries. Firth also played an updated version of the Darcy character in two "Bridget Jones" films.