King Edward VI of England died after a long illness at the age of 15. To the shock of many, the crown passed not to his elder ...

Controversy surrounding an enigmatic portrait from the Tudor era may finally have been solved as new research has dated the painting ... that the sitter was Lady Jane Grey, though that argument ...

One of the most enduring images of Lady Jane is Paul Delaroche's famous painting, The Execution of Lady Jane Grey. In it, a 17-year-old Jane is blindfolded in front of the execution block. The ...

‘This painting was part of the historic collection at Wrest Park, having been acquired by Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent, in 1701, as an image of Lady Jane Grey. It remained the defining image of the ...

Some originally claimed that the sitter was Lady Jane Grey herself, though that argument was subsequently rejected. A new research team examined the painting using X-ray fluorescence and infrared ...

It also shows significant changes were applied to the painting in later years, perhaps to depict its sitter as a Protestant martyr. The new research provides much evidence in favour of it being Lady ...

“For many years this painting was part of the historic collection at Wrest Park, having been acquired by Anthony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent, in 1701, as an image of Lady Jane Grey,” Peter ...

This follows the painting going on display at Wrest Park in Bedfordshire after English Heritage published analysis claiming to shed fresh light on its sitter and curious backstory. Lady Jane Grey ...

LONDON (AP) — A painting that has gone on public display Friday could be the only portrait of England’s shortest-reigning queen, Lady Jane Grey, painted during her lifetime, according to the ...

A mysterious portrait of a woman now on public display could be the only painting of Lady Jane Grey painted before she was executed, according to research. Lady Jane was Queen of England for just ...

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