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.
Unknown woman, formerly known as Lady Jane Grey
by Unknown artist
oil on panel, circa 1555-1560
NPG 764
by Unknown artist
oil on oak panel, circa 1590-1600
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'The Kings and Queens of England: From the Conquest to Queen Victoria'
by Henry Hering
albumen carte-de-visite photomontage, 1862
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after Unknown artist
line engraving and etching, 16th century
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after Unknown artist
line engraving and etching, 16th century
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after Unknown artist
line engraving and etching, after 1553
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by Magdalena de Passe, by Willem de Passe, published by Frans van den Wyngaerde (Wijngaerde)
line engraving, 1620
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by Unknown artist
line engraving, after 1620
NPG D21398
by Magdalena de Passe, by Willem de Passe
engraving, published 1620
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by William Marshall, after Magdalena de Passe, after Willem de Passe
line engraving, published 1648 (published 1620)
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by William Marshall, after Magdalena de Passe, after Willem de Passe
line engraving, published 1648 (published 1620)
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by William Marshall, after Magdalena de Passe, after Willem de Passe
line engraving, published 1648 (published 1620)
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by William Marshall, after Magdalena de Passe, after Willem de Passe
line engraving, published 1648 (published 1620)
NPG D24989
by Gaspar Bouttats, after Magdalena de Passe, after Willem de Passe
engraving, 1658?
NPG D21397
Queen Mary I; called Lady Jane Grey; Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset; Nicholas Ridley
printed for Richard Chiswell
line engraving, late 17th century
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by Edme de Boulonois
line engraving, possibly late 17th century
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by Robert White
line engraving, published 1681
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by Robert White, printed for Richard Chiswell
line engraving, published 1681
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by Robert White, printed for Richard Chiswell
line engraving, published 1681
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by Cornelis Martinus Vermeulen, after Adriaen van der Werff
line engraving, published 1697
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after Unknown artist
line engraving, probably 18th century
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after Unknown artist
line engraving, probably 18th century
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after Unknown artist
line engraving, possibly 18th century
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possibly by George Vertue
line engraving, possibly early to mid 18th century
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after Unknown artist
line engraving, probably 18th century
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by George Vertue
line engraving, 1748
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by George Vertue
line engraving, 1748
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by James Basire, after George Vertue
stipple engraving, (1748)
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by James Basire, after George Vertue
stipple engraving, (1748)
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by and published by Valentine Green, and published by Rupert Green, after Johann Gerhard Huck
engraving, published 1786
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by James Ward, after Robert Fulton
mezzotint, 1793
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Lady Jane Grey ('Lady Jane Grey Declining the Crown')
by William Bromley, after Robert Smirke
line engraving, published 1793
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Fictitious portrait called Lady Jane Grey
by George Dawe, after John Graham
hand-coloured mezzotint, circa 1795
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Dr Fecknam trying to convert Lady Jane Grey to the Romish faith
by John Ogborne, published by Thomas Simpson, published by Darling & Thompson, after James Northcote
engraving, published 1 April 1798
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by Thomas Milton, published by Robert Bowyer, after Robert Smirke
etching and engraving, published April 1799
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by Samuel Freeman
stipple engraving, probably early to mid 19th century
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published by S. Miller
hand-coloured engraving, 19th century
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published by Silvester (Sylvester) Harding, after George Vertue
stipple engraving, published 14 March 1801 (1748)
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by George Noble, published by John Boydell, published by Josiah Boydell
line engraving, published 1 May 1802
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by James Hopwood Sr, published by Ogles, Duncan & Cochran
engraving, published 1 June 1815
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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)
NPG D34620
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
NPG D36328
by William Holl Jr, published by Virtue & Co
engraving, mid 19th century
NPG D36332
Lady Jane Grey ('The execution of Lady Jane Grey')
by Green, after Paul Delaroche
engraving, published 1849 (1833)
NPG D36334
Lady Jane Grey ('Lady Jane Grey's reluctance to accept the Crown')
by Herbert Bourne, after Charles Robert Leslie
engraving, published 1886
NPG D36325
issued by Sarony & Co, after Unknown artist
gravure cigarette card, 1924 (circa 1555-1560)
NPG D48931
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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