Researchers believe they may have identified the only known portrait of Lady Jane Grey, the so-called “Nine Days Queen,” painted before her death.
In the summer of 1553, a girl of around 16 was proclaimed the queen of England. Her name was Lady Jane Grey, and she ruled for just nine days before being executed at the Tower of London. Her reign ...
It said there is "compelling" evidence to suggest that the portrait, on loan from a private ... the ultimate innocent victim of the chicanery of the Tudor court in the chaotic aftermath of Henry ...
A portrait purporting to be of a living Lady Jane Grey, best-known from a post-death painting of her execution, has gone on display.
Lady Jane Grey, a teenage pawn in the power struggles that plagued the Tudor court, ruled England for ... they may have identified the only known portrait of the so-called “Nine Days Queen ...
It said there is “compelling” evidence to suggest that the portrait, on loan from a private collection ... the ultimate innocent victim of the chicanery of the Tudor court in the chaotic aftermath of ...