Lady Jane Grey
(1537-1554), Proclaimed Queen 1553Lady Jane Dudley (née Grey)
Sitter associated with 57 portraits
Protestant claimant to the throne. She was the granddaughter of Henry VIII's sister Princess Mary, and in 1553 married Lord Guildford Dudley, son of the Duke of Northumberland. Under Northumberland's influence Edward VI willed her the crown. The sixteen-year old Jane was proclaimed queen at his death in 1553 and reigned for nine days until captured by supporters of Mary Tudor. She was executed in the aftermath of Wyatt's rebellion.
by Charles Picart, printed by Lahee & Co, published for Thomas Frognall Dibdin, after Lucas de Heere
stipple engraving, published April 1817
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Anne, Queen of Hungary wrongly identified as Lady Jane Grey
by Antoine Maurin, printed by François Le Villain, published by Edward Bull, published by Edward Churton, after Hans Maler
lithograph, 1820s (1519)
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Anne, Queen of Hungary wrongly identified as Lady Jane Grey
by Robert William Sievier, and John Brydone, after Hans Maler
stipple engraving, published 4 June 1822
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Anne, Queen of Hungary wrongly identified as Lady Jane Grey
by Robert William Sievier, after Hans Maler
stipple engraving, published 1822 (1519)
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by Robert Cooper, published by Harding, Triphook & Lepard, after William Derby
stipple and line engraving, published 1 July 1824
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'Interview between Lady Jane Grey and Dr Roger Ascham in the Year 1550'
by William Say, after Henri Jean-Baptiste Victoire Fradelle
mezzotint, published 1825
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by Thomas Anthony Dean, after Lucas de Heere
stipple engraving, published 1829
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by Thomas Anthony Dean, published by William Pickering, after Lucas de Heere
stipple engraving, published 1 October 1829
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Anne, Queen of Hungary wrongly identified as Lady Jane Grey
by Antoine Maurin, printed by François Le Villain, published by Edward Bull, published by Edward Churton, after Hans Maler
hand-coloured lithograph, 1830s (1519)
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by John Mitchell, published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, after James Northcote
engraving, published November 1831
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by Edward Hargrave, after Adriaen van der Werff
hand-coloured engraving, published 1840
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by William Holl Jr, published by Virtue & Co
engraving, mid 19th century
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Lady Jane Grey ('The execution of Lady Jane Grey')
by Green, after Paul Delaroche
engraving, published 1849 (1833)
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Lady Jane Grey ('Lady Jane Grey's reluctance to accept the Crown')
by Herbert Bourne, after Charles Robert Leslie
engraving, published 1886
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issued by Sarony & Co, after Unknown artist
gravure cigarette card, 1924 (circa 1555-1560)
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by Unknown artist
engraving
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Related People
- Lord Guildford (Guilford) Dudley (husband)
- Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk (father)
- Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk (mother)
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