Called Lady Jane Grey

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Called Lady Jane Grey

by Thomas Anthony Dean, after Lucas de Heere
stipple engraving, published 1829
7 5/8 in. x 5 in. (193 mm x 128 mm) plate size
Given by the daughter of compiler William Fleming MD, Mary Elizabeth Stopford (née Fleming), 1931
Reference Collection
NPG D24995

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Artistsback to top

  • Thomas Anthony Dean (1801-1860), Engraver. Artist or producer associated with 66 portraits.
  • Lucas de Heere (1534-1584), Painter and poet. Artist or producer associated with 5 portraits.

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  • NPG D36346: Called Lady Jane Grey (based on same portrait)
  • NPG D36347: Lady Jane Grey (based on same portrait)

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Metropolitan police force of over three thousand paid, uniformed, professional policemen founded by Home Secretary Sir Robert Peel.
Roman Catholic Relief Act grants emancipation; Catholics admitted to vote, sit in parliament and hold almost all public offices.

Art and science

Success of George Stephenson's Rocket steam engine at Rainhill Trials.
First London bus service licensed; the new 'box-on-wheels' contributes greatly to the expansion of the suburbs.
Apsley House completed for the Duke of Wellington by Benjamin Wyatt.
First Oxford and Cambridge boat race.

International

Andrew Jackson is elected President of the United States.

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