Lady Jane Grey

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Lady Jane Grey

by John Mitchell, published by Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & 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 with help from the Friends of the National Libraries and the Pilgrim Trust, 1966
Reference Collection
NPG D36333

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  • Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green (active 1823-1831), Publishers. Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
  • John Mitchell (1791-1852), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 1 portrait.
  • James Northcote (1746-1831), Painter; pupil and biographer of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Artist or producer associated with 104 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.

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Current affairs

Parliamentary Reform Bill is rejected by the House of Lords prompting riots in Nottingham, Derby and Bristol.

Art and science

Michael Faraday demonstrates electromagnetic induction.
Death of Lady Sarah Ponsonby, last of the famous Ladies of Llangollen who attracted many of the leading names in art and literature to visit them at their home in Plas Newydd, Wales.
Opening of New London Bridge, designed by John Rennie.

International

Violinist Niccolo Paganini arrives in England from Italy and embarks on a six month tour of the country after astonishing London audiences with his virtuoso performances.
Revolutionary outbreaks in Modena, Parma and the Papal States influenced by the July Revolution in France the previous year.

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