Lady Jane Grey Collection

Lady Jane Grey refusing the Crown (engraving)
672120 Lady Jane Grey refusing the Crown (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lady Jane Grey refusing the Crown)

Plate 8 for History of the Middle Ages, 1793. Creators: Daniel Nikolaus Chodowiecki, Eberhard Siegfried Henne
Plate 8 for History of the Middle Ages, 1793

Mary I
3790429 Mary I; (add.info.: Mary I or Bloody Mary, portrait. Queen of England from July 1553 until her death. 18 February 1516 - 17 November 1558)

Mary I
3790396 Mary I; (add.info.: Mary I or Bloody Mary, portrait. Queen of England from July 1553 until her death. 18 February 1516 - 17 November 1558)

The New Houses of Parliament - Bas-reliefs in the Prince's Chamber - Lady Jane Grey and... 1857. Creator: Unknown
The New Houses of Parliament - Bas-reliefs in the Prince's Chamber - Lady Jane Grey and her tutor, Ascham, 1857. One of a...series of historic tableaux which enrich the walls of this elegant

Lady Jane Grey (1537-1554) (engraving)
5913147 Lady Jane Grey (1537-1554) (engraving) by Werff, Adriaan van der (1659-1722) (after); (add.info.: Portrait of Lady Jane Grey, Nine Day Queen of England. In French hood headdress)

Mrs Elizabeth Hartley in the character of Lady Jane Grey in John Banks Lady Jane Grey, Covent Garden Theatre, 1773
6337908 Mrs Elizabeth Hartley in the character of Lady Jane Grey in John Banks Lady Jane Grey, Covent Garden Theatre, 1773 by Thornthwaite, J

Mrs Elizabeth Hartley in the character of Lady Jane Grey in John Banks Lady Jane Grey
6338003 Mrs Elizabeth Hartley in the character of Lady Jane Grey in John Banks Lady Jane Grey by Thornthwaite, J. (18th century); (add.info)

Portrait of King Edward VI of England, as a young man in velvet cap and doublet, with orb and sceptre
6337241 Portrait of King Edward VI of England, as a young man in velvet cap and doublet, with orb and sceptre by Rundall, Mary Ann (d.1839) (after); (add.info.: Portrait of King Edward VI of England)

Lady Gray petitioning Edward IV for her lands (engraving)
2808235 Lady Gray petitioning Edward IV for her lands (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lady Gray petitioning Edward IV for her lands)

Jane meeting the body of her husband on her way to the Scaffold (engraving)
5224944 Jane meeting the body of her husband on her way to the Scaffold (engraving) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); Private Collection; (add.info)

Lady Jane Greys reluctance to accept the crown (engraving)
665074 Lady Jane Greys reluctance to accept the crown (engraving) by Leslie, Charles Robert (1794-1859); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lady Jane Greys reluctance to accept the crown)

Bradgate, Leicestershire, the birth-place of the Lady Jane Grey (engraving)
3637307 Bradgate, Leicestershire, the birth-place of the Lady Jane Grey (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bradgate, Leicestershire)

Lady Jane Grey, Queen of England for nine days in 1553 (engraving)
3639046 Lady Jane Grey, Queen of England for nine days in 1553 (engraving) by English School, (17th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lady Jane Grey (1536-1554)

Lady Jane Grey and Roger Ascham, 1553 (engraving)
670953 Lady Jane Grey and Roger Ascham, 1553 (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lady Jane Grey and Roger Ascham, 1553)

Restoration of the Beauchamp Tower (engraving)
1618768 Restoration of the Beauchamp Tower (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Restoration of the Beauchamp Tower)

Lady Jane Grey (engraving)
978475 Lady Jane Grey (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lady Jane Grey. Illustration for The Handbook to Autographs by Frederick G Netherclift (c 1880)

Lady Jane Grey declining the crown (engraving)
727072 Lady Jane Grey declining the crown (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lady Jane Grey declining the crown)

The Royal Alphabet, I, K, L, M (coloured engraving)
2817716 The Royal Alphabet, I, K, L, M (coloured engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Royal Alphabet, I, K, L, M)

Heckenham offering Jane a pardon (engraving)
587914 Heckenham offering Jane a pardon (engraving) by Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); Private Collection; (add.info.: Heckenham offering Jane a pardon, on her way to trial)

Lady Jane Grey solicited to accept the Crown
LLM456014 Lady Jane Grey solicited to accept the Crown by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lady Jane Grey solicited to accept the Crown)

Lady Jane Grey (engraving)
672403 Lady Jane Grey (engraving) by Browne, Gordon Frederick (1858-1932) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lady Jane Grey)

The Last Relics of Lady Jane Grey (engraving)
5220727 The Last Relics of Lady Jane Grey (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Last Relics of Lady Jane Grey)

Lady Jane Greys Victory over Gardiner (engraving)
6011426 Lady Jane Greys Victory over Gardiner (engraving) by Folingsby, George Frederick (1830-91); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lady Jane Greys Victory over Gardiner)

The New Houses of Parliament, Bas-Reliefs in the Princes Chamber (engraving)
1587322 The New Houses of Parliament, Bas-Reliefs in the Princes Chamber (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The New Houses of Parliament)

Lady Jane Greys Victory over Bishop Gardiner (engraving)
1625885 Lady Jane Greys Victory over Bishop Gardiner (engraving) by Folingsby, George Frederick (1830-91); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lady Jane Greys Victory over Bishop Gardiner)

Mary I
3789762 Mary I by English School, (19th century); (add.info.: Mary I or Bloody Mary, portrait. Queen of England from July 1553 until her death. 18 February 1516 - 17 November 1558)

Lady Janes Tower and Chapel (engraving)
3637308 Lady Janes Tower and Chapel (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lady Janes Tower and Chapel)

Bishop Gardiners conference with Jane in the Beauchamp Tower (engraving)
587915 Bishop Gardiners conference with Jane in the Beauchamp Tower (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Some Famous Women in History, illustration from Hutchinson
494371 Some Famous Women in History, illustration from Hutchinsons History of the Nations, c.1910 (litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Feckenham by order of the queen visits Lady J Gray in the tower (engraving)
727073 Feckenham by order of the queen visits Lady J Gray in the tower (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Only Uncrowned Queen of England (litho)
1629590 The Only Uncrowned Queen of England (litho) by Woodville, Richard Caton II (1856-1927) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Only Uncrowned Queen of England)

Roger Aschams visit to Lady Jane Grey
909118 Roger Aschams visit to Lady Jane Grey by Paget, Henry Marriott (1856-1936); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cassells History of England published by Cassell and Company Limited circa 1920)

Lady Jane Grey (engraving)
1103447 Lady Jane Grey (engraving) by Wyburd, Francis John (1826-1909); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lady Jane Grey. Illustration for The Illustrated London News)

Ridley, (c1500-1555), 1830. Creator: Unknown
Ridley, (c1500-1555), 1830. Nicholas Ridley (c1500-1555) English Bishop of London educated at RGS, Newcastle and Pembroke College, Cambridge

The Lady Marchioness of Dorset, (1812). Creator: E Bocquet
The Lady Marchioness of Dorset, (1812). Portrait of Margaret Wotton, Marchioness of Dorset (1486-1535), second wife of Thomas Grey, 2nd Marquess of Dorset, and mother of Lady Jane Grey

The New Inn, Gloucester, 1936. Creator: Unknown
The New Inn, Gloucester, 1936. The New Inn public house, hotel and restaurant, timber framed medieval courtyard, Grade I listed

Lady Jane Grey, 1881. Creator: Unknown
Lady Jane Grey, 1881. Lady Jane Grey (c.?1537 -1554), also known as Lady Jane Dudley and as " the Nine Days Queen"

Jane Grey, 1697. Artist: Vermeulen, Cornelis Martinus (1644-1708)
Jane Grey, 1697. Found in the collection of Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

Lady Gray Petitioning Edward IV For Her Lands, 1838. Edward IV (1442-1483), King of England from 4 March 1461 to 3 October 1470 and again from 11 April 1471 until his death in 1483

Lady Jane Greys Reluctance to Accept the Crown, (19th century). Artist: Herbert Bourne
Lady Jane Greys Reluctance to Accept the Crown, (19th century). Lady Jane Grey, (1537-1554), was Queen regnant of the Kingdom of England for nine days in 1553

Lady Jane Grey, great-granddaughter of Henry VII of England. Artist: Lady Jane Grey
Lady Jane Grey, great-granddaughter of Henry VII of England

Letter from Henry Neville and others, 19th July 1553. Artist: Henry Neville, Earl of Westmorland
Letter from Henry Neville and others, 19th July 1553. Letter from Henry Neville, Lord Abergavenny, Charles Neville, Lord Neville (Earl of Westmorland 1563), Sir Thomas Wyat

Letter from Lady Jane Grey to William Parr, 10th July 1553. Artist: Lady Jane Grey
Letter from Lady Jane Grey to William Parr, Marquis of Northampton, 10th July 1553. Letter written from the Tower of London

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"Lady Jane Grey: A Tragic Tale of Ambition and Betrayal" In the midst of political turmoil, Lady Jane Grey, a young and intelligent noblewoman, found herself at the center of a power struggle for the English throne. Refusing to accept the crown that was thrust upon her, an engraving captures Lady Jane Grey's unwavering determination as she rejects her fate. Born in 1537, Lady Jane Grey's life was marked by both privilege and tragedy. An enchanting portrait showcases her delicate features and regal demeanor, hinting at the potential greatness that awaited her. However, it was within the walls of the Tower where she would face unimaginable hardships. Illustrated in a lithograph from The World's Library of Best Books circa 1940, we witness Lady Jane Grey confined within those formidable walls. Her spirit remains unbroken as she contemplates her impending doom while Queen Mary I - infamously known as Bloody Mary - reigns with an iron fist outside. As depicted in another engraving titled "Lady Jane Grey watching her Husband being Led to Execution, " our hearts ache for this ill-fated couple torn apart by their shared destiny. In 1554, their love story takes a tragic turn when Lady Jane watches helplessly as her beloved husband is led away to meet his demise. The executioner's blade looms ominously over Lady Jane Grey in yet another haunting engraving capturing "The beheading of Lady Jane Grey. " With grace and dignity beyond her years, she walks towards the scaffold on that fateful day in 1554. Holding tightly onto her table book filled with cherished memories and final words for Sir John Gage – a loyal friend until the end – she bids farewell to all earthly possessions. These vivid images from English history serve as reminders of one woman's courage amidst treacherous times.