England, Lady Jane Grey

This portrait may be the only one of England’s 9-day queen painted during her lifetime
Research by the charity English Heritage suggests it may have found a portrait of England's shortest-reigning queen Lady Jane Grey.
Does This Mysterious Portrait Depict Lady Jane Grey, the Doomed Queen Who Ruled England for Nine Days in 1553?
In the summer of 1553, a girl of around 16 was proclaimed the queen of England. Her name was Lady Jane Grey, and she ruled for just nine days before being executed at the Tower of London. Her reign was the shortest in British history.
Is this the face of teenage queen Lady Jane Grey?
Experts believe they have uncovered enough evidence to suggest a Tudor-era portrait could be the only known image of Lady Jane Grey painted in her lifetime. She was "the nine days queen", whose brief reign was an unsuccessful bid by Protestants to prevent the accession of her Catholic cousin Mary I (1553 to 1558).
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Is this the only portrait of Lady Jane Grey, England’s 9-day queen, done during her life?
A portrait purporting to be of a living Lady Jane Grey, best-known from a post-death painting of her execution, has gone on display.
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Portrait of Lady Jane Grey may be the only one painted during her lifetime, group says
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 conservation ...
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Is this the only known portrait of England’s doomed ‘Nine Days Queen’?
It noted that a posthumous depiction of Lady Jane Grey in London’s National Portrait Gallery shows similar marks. The changes to the painting may have been made in order to tone it down and ...