Archaeology1d
Possible Portrait of Lady Jane Grey Revealed
According to a statement released by English Heritage, an enigmatic portrait may depict the ill-fated Lady Jane Grey, making ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN5d
Does This Mysterious Portrait Depict Lady Jane Grey, the Doomed Queen Who Ruled England for Nine Days in 1553?
After conducting a new analysis, some researchers think it may be the only portrait of Grey created during her lifetime—a ...
Portrait could shed new light on England’s executed nine-day queen
She was Queen of England for just nine days before being executed at age 17, marking the shortest reign in British history.
Researchers think they’ve unearthed the only portrait of England’s ‘nine-day queen’
New research from English Heritage and the Courtauld Institute of Art has provided “compelling evidence in favour of ...
London Review of Books3d
Richard II and Henry IV Barbara Newman: Richard II and Henry IV
Only eight years earlier, Henry IV had deposed his cousin Richard II, who died in custody soon afterwards. Richard’s rule was ...
This portrait may be the only one of England’s 9-day queen painted during her lifetime
A painting that has gone on public display Friday could be the only portrait of England’s shortest-reigning queen, Lady Jane ...
Hartford Courant6d
This portrait may be the only one of England’s 9-day queen painted during her lifetime
Jane was a devout Protestant at a time of religious upheaval, the ultimate innocent victim of the chicanery of the Tudor court in the chaotic aftermath of Henry VIII’s reign. She is perhaps best ...
The Art Newspaper6d
Revelation over last surviving portrait of England’s ‘nine day queen’ was made 20 years ago, art historian says
She was a victim of the ruthless ambition of the tumultuous Tudor years, proclaimed as queen after the death of her cousin and fellow protestant Edward VI. However her support quickly melted away ...