A Cambridge criminologist has uncovered new evidence in the killing of a priest, John Forde, who had his throat cut on a busy ...

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 ...

In 1991, the remains of a woman were discovered on the early medieval foreshore of the Thames River. The skeletal remains ...

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 ...

She is perhaps best-known from Paul Delaroche's painting, "The Execution of Lady Jane Grey," which hangs in the National Gallery in central London. Jane, who may have been as young as 16 ...

Nowadays, Paul Delaroche’s execution scene comes to mind when most people think ... ‘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 depicts the teenager blindfolded and helpless in front of the execution block. This new research would confirm that, if this portrait is Lady Jane Grey, it would be ...

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 ...

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 ...