Spirited (and gossipy) letters and manuscripts at the Morgan Library and Museum puncture myths about the writer’s rise to ...

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 ...

From Henry VIII’s surprising second thoughts to the Duke of Norfolk’s unlikely ability to evade execution ... leaders tried to install Lady Jane Grey, but Mary outmaneuvered them and claimed ...

Controversy surrounding an enigmatic portrait from the Tudor era may ... Some originally claimed that the sitter was Lady Jane Grey, though that argument was subsequently rejected.

The Execution of Lady Jane Grey. In it, a 17-year-old Jane is blindfolded in front of the execution block. The portrait is displayed at The National Gallery. However this depiction — and the few known ...

It said there is "compelling" evidence to suggest that the portrait, on loan from a ... from Paul Delaroche's painting, "The Execution of Lady Jane Grey," which hangs in the National Gallery ...

Nowadays, Paul Delaroche’s execution scene comes to mind when most people ... ‘It is possible that we are looking at the shadows of a once more royal portrait of Lady Jane Grey, toned down into ...

WREST PARK, ENGLAND—According to a statement released by English Heritage, an enigmatic portrait may depict the ill-fated Lady Jane Grey, making it the only one painted of the Protestant queen ...

The Execution of Lady Jane Grey, Paul Delaroche, 1833 Paul Delaroche / Public domain via Wikimedia Commons In any case, the portrait stands in contrast to the most famous illustration of the ...

The announcement that a mysterious portrait may be the only depiction of England's shortest-reigning queen Lady Jane Grey created during ... Mary who ordered her execution for treason to eliminate ...

A mysterious portrait of a woman now on public display ... known representations of Lady Jane – including The Execution of Lady Jane Grey - are all known to have been painted after her death.