Lady Jane Grey is blindfolded and led to the execution block where the executioner waits, axe in hand. Line engraving by P. Mercury after H. Delaroche.

  • Delaroche, Paul, 1797-1856.
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43439i
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Lady Jane Grey, also called (from 1553) Lady Jane Dudley (1537-1554), titular queen of England, for nine days in 1553. At the age of 15 she allowed herself to be put on the throne; she was subsequently executed by order of Mary Tudor

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Paris : Goupil & Cie.

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1 print : line engraving, with etching ; image 28.8 x 35 cm

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Jane Gray. Tiré de la Galerie du Prince Anatole Demidoff. Peint par Paul De la Roche. Gravé par P. Mercury

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Wellcome Collection 43439i

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