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Lady Jane Dudley (née Grey)

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

by John Mitchell, published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Browne & Green, after James Northcote
engraving, published November 1831
5 3/8 in. x 7 1/2 in. (136 mm x 191 mm) plate size; 8 1/8 in. x 11 1/8 in. (206 mm x 281 mm) paper size
Purchased, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D36333

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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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Longman, Rees, Orme, Browne & Green (active 1823-1831), Publishers. Artist associated with 1 portrait.
John Mitchell (1791-1852), Engraver. Artist associated with 1 portrait.
James Northcote (1746-1831), Painter; pupil and biographer of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Artist associated with 103 portraits, Sitter associated with 23 portraits.

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James Northcote's oil painting was commissioned in 1792 for Robert Bowyer's Historic Gallery and was illustrated in the 1806 edition of David Hume's History of England. Abbot Feckenham was sent by Queen Mary in an attempt to convert Lady Jane to Catholicism. A menacing guard brandishes a crucifix and a key, implying that Lady Jane could secure her freedom and save her life if only she would renounce her Protestant faith. Instead, she turns her back to pray, preferring death to apostasy.