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Lady Jane Dudley (née Grey)

24 of 56 portraits of Lady Jane Dudley (née Grey)

by and published by Valentine Green, and published by Rupert Green, after Johann Gerhard Huck
engraving, published 1786
8 1/2 in. x 6 in. (216 mm x 153 mm) plate size
Purchased, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D36327

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Sitterback to top

Lady Jane Dudley (née Grey) (1537-1554), Proclaimed Queen 1553. Sitter associated with 56 portraits.

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Rupert Green (1767 or 1768-1804), Publisher and son of Valentine and Mary Green. Artist associated with 5 portraits, Sitter in 4 portraits.
Valentine Green (1739-1813), Mezzotint engraver. Artist associated with 149 portraits, Sitter in 3 portraits.
Johann Gerhard Huck (1759-1811), Artist. Artist associated with 2 portraits.

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This print is the key to a large mezzotint of Lady Jane Grey being led to the scaffold as she watches the body of her executed husband being carried away. It was part of a series of twelve prints depicting scenes of the English queens. The set was produced under the patronage of Queen Charlotte and sold for £20. The numbered figures show Lady Jane Grey, her weeping ladies-in-waiting, a sympathetic guard holding a pike and the tonsured head of Abbott Feckenham.