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The Execution of Lady Jane Grey is an oil painting by Paul Delaroche, completed in 1833, which is now in the National Gallery in London. It was enormously popular in the decades after it was painted, but in the 20th century realist historical paintings fell from critical favour and it was kept in storage for many decades, for much of which it was thought lost.
The Execution of Lady Jane Grey by Paul Delaroche. The Salon of 1834 was an art exhibition held at the Louvre in Paris, which opened on 6 March 1834. It marked a shift to annual exhibitions of the Paris Salon which had previously taken place every two or three years. It was held during the July Monarchy of Louis Philippe I.
Lady Jane Grey was the eldest daughter of Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Suffolk, and his wife, Frances Brandon.The traditional view is that she was born at Bradgate Park in Leicestershire in October 1537, but more recent research indicates that she was born somewhat earlier, possibly in London, sometime before May 1537 [8] [9] or between May 1536 and February 1537. [10]
When Edward VI's illness turned fatal just weeks later, in June 1553, he officially named Lady Jane Grey — and her hopefully male heirs — the future monarchs. The king died on July 6, and Jane ...
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George Whiting Flagg's Lady Jane Grey Preparing for Execution (1835). The Henry Luce II Center for the Study of American Culture, New York. Lady Jane Grey Preparing for Execution is an 1835 oil painting by the American artist George Whiting Flagg which established his early fame. This fame was however to dwindle as a consequence of a decline in ...
John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504 [1] – 22 August 1553) was an English general, admiral, and politician, who led the government of the young King Edward VI from 1550 until 1553, and unsuccessfully tried to install Lady Jane Grey on the English throne after the King's death.
He was an adherent of Lady Jane Grey, and had been too prominent to escape when Northumberland fell. He was sent to the Tower of London on 25 July 1553, arraigned and condemned on 19 August 1553. Palmer was the only accused man on that day to protest and he shouted that the judges themselves had formed Jane's council and they deserved as much ...