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The Execution of Lady Jane Grey: Only 16 Years Old : Page 1

On Feb 8th Lady Jane Grey was informed that she was going to be beheaded the next day, Feb 9th. This was later changed to Feb 12th, while Jane was interviewed by Feckenham in the hope that she might convert to Catholicism and therefore be saved from the axe. Jane would not convert of course, and was therefore executed on Feb 12, 1554, at 16 years old. She was buried, along with Lord Guilford Dudley, in the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula (St. Peter In Chains), it is located within the Tower of London grounds.

A note about her age - many books and many people, even yeoman tour guides at the Tower, state that Lady Jane Grey was 17 when she died. Obviously they don't know their math!

Jane was born in Oct 1537, and died Feb 1554. Yes, 1554 would've been her 17th year, but that would only have been if she had lived until Oct 1554, which she didn't. Jane turned 16 in Oct 1553 while in the tower, and was executed about 4 months later.

Note: As on the Tower Images page, the images of Jane giving her book to Sir John Gage maybe historically inaccurate, most books say she gave the book to Sir John Bridges.

The following are various images based on Jane's walk to the scaffold, and her execution.

Those that belong to My Collection will have in the text section of the image "My Collection" plus what info I know about the image.

Those that I've found in other resources, online, or items I was unable to get, will just have the info I have on it.

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More Execution Pages: You Are Here : Page 1 - 2 - 3 - 4

Title: Queen Mary Signing the Death Warrant of Lady Jane Grey
Artist: Daniel Huntington
Engraver: Charles Burt
Publisher: New York: American Art Union
Size: 43.5 x 55 cm
Year: The original painting was done in 1848.
Notes: Though this doesn't show Jane, it's the Signing of her death warrant which leads into the following images.
More info can be found here.

Originally Added 2 - 12 - 2003 - Better Image Added 6 - 24 - 04. My Collection
Caption: "The queen was at last induced to sign the warrant for the execution of Lady Jane Grey and her husband."
Source: "The Romance of the Nation: A Stirring Pageant of the British Peoples Through All the Ages"
Author: Charles Ray
Publisher: Amalgamated Press
Year: 1934

Added 2 - 12 - 2009. Title: Mary signing death warrant
Medium: Magic Lantern Slide
Makers: York & Son
Year: c1890

Added 2 - 12 - 2010. My Collection
Caption: "When the Lieutenant of the Tower asked Jane for some memento, she offered him the book of devotions from which she had been praying."
Source: "The Romance of the Nation: A Stirring Pageant of the British Peoples Through All the Ages"
Author: Charles Ray
Publisher: Amalgamated Press
Year: 1934

Added 2 - 12 - 2009.

Title: Execution of Lady Jane Grey
Type: Frontispiece
Artist: Corbould
Engraver: C. Rolls
Source: "The Force of Religion; or, Vanquish'd Love"
Author: Edward Young
Appeared In: "The Book of the Poets"
Publisher: London : William Smith
Year: 1844
Information: "Force" is a poem about Lady Jane Grey and Lord Guildford Dudley
Found here.

Added 10 - 12 - 2007 My Collection
Shows: Lady Jane Grey
Source: "Captive Royal Children"
Author: G.I. Whitham
Artist: A.G. Walker, Sculptor
Year: 1911
Read online here.

Added 7 - 9 - 2010. My Collection
Caption: "Though Lady Jane Grey's husband, Lord Dudley, was beheaded on Tower Hill, outside the fortress, Lady Jane herself, being of royal blood, was executed on the green inside." Painting by A. Rosell, she is seen on her way to execution.
Source: "The Romance of the Nation: A Stirring Pageant of the British Peoples Through All the Ages"
Author: Charles Ray
Publisher: Amalgamated Press
Year: 1934

Added 2 - 12 - 2009.
My Collection
Cover: "There Is No Escape"
Author: Philip Lindsay
Year: Either 1950 or 1974

Added 7 - 9 - 2002 - Larger Image Added 11 - 11 - 2007

My Collection
Caption: "Lady Jane Grey On Her Way To Execution"
Source: "A Handy History of England For the Young"
Author: H.W. Dulcken
Illustrator: The Dalziel Brothers
Year: 1874

Added 7 - 9 - 2007 Title: Lady Jane Grey's Walk
Medium: Drawing with black ink and prismacolor on plain paper.
Artist: Majutsu aka Blankfacedseraphim
Year: 2008
Note: This is a depiction of Lady Jane Grey, on her walk to the scaffold in February 1554. She reads her prayer book as she walks, and in the background are snippets of the letter she wrote to her father shortly before her execution. You can find the letter in its entirety fairly easy on the internet.
Found here.
Permission Granted To Use By Artist

Added 2 - 12 - 2009.
My Collection
Caption: "Post tenebras spero lucem." (Translation: "After darkness I hope for light.")
Shows: Lady Jane Grey On the Way To the Scaffold.
Source: "Another Spring: The Story of Lady Jane Grey"
Author: Katherine Wigmore Eyre
Illustrators: Stephani and Edward Godwin
Year: 1949

Added 7 - 9 - 2002

Left - My Collection (Disbound Print, Not the Book)
Caption: "Lady Jane Grey On The Way To The Scaffold"
Source: "Cassell's History of England - From the Wars of the Roses to the Great Rebellion"
Publisher: Cassell and Company
Year: 1909
Read online here.

Right - Another Version

Both Added 2 - 12 - 2003
My Collection
Title: Queen for Nine Days
Medium: A British First Day Cover to Commemorate "450th Anniversary of the Death of Lady Jane Grey - Queen For Nine Days"
Date: February 12th, 2004, the date of the anniversary.
Stamp Details: 1978 Tower of London stamp plus 2nd Class England Heraldic Lions
Cover Type: Bradbury Anniv & Events No 16
Official/Ordinary: Souvenir Cover - Postmark: Tower Hill Special Handstamp

You can order this here for £12.50 (approx. $21.00, they accept orders worldwide), Search for Jane Grey to find it.

Added 10 - 12 - 2003
Title: Lady Jane Grey Is Led To Execution
Medium: Stain glass window
Location: Worcester Cathedral
Information: This window is a small one in very large series of stained glass in the cloister at Worcester Cathedral. It depicts the history of the Worcester Diocese, the cathedral, the town and the country in general.
Found here.

Added 2 - 12 - 2010.
Title: Lady Jane Grey On The Way To The Scaffold
Medium: Stain glass window
Location: Worcester Cathedral
Information: This window is a small one in very large series of stained glass in the cloister at Worcester Cathedral. It depicts the history of the Worcester Diocese, the cathedral, the town and the country in general.

Images/information provided by The Nash Ford Photo Library. For my use only, please do not copy.

Left Added 7 - 9 - 2005 - Right Added 10 - 12 - 2005

My Collection
Shows: Lady Jane Grey going to her execution.
Source: "A Nursery History of England"
Author: Elizabeth O'Niell
Illustrator: George Morrow
Year: 1912

Added 10 - 12 - 2003
My Collection
Caption: "Jane Seemed Unconscious of all, and kept her eyes steadily on her prayer-book."
Source: "Harrison Ainsworth's The Tower of London Retold for Boys and Girls"
Author: Alice Jackson
Illustrator: T.H Robinson
Year: Circa mid 1920s?

Added 1 - 8 - 2003
Shows: Lady Jane Grey Going to Her Execution
Source: "Sun Comic #92"
Article: "Famous Figures of Fact and Fiction"
Date: November 11, 1950

Added 7 - 9 - 2006
My Collection
Shows: Vignette of Lady Jane Grey Going to Her Execution that appears on the dust jacket.
Source: "We Were There"
Author: Rhoda Power
Illustrator: Charl
Year: 1957

Added 7 - 9 - 2004

My Collection
Title: The Death of Lady Jane Gray
Artist: J. Gerrard Huck
Engraver: M. Tomkins Pupil to P. W. Tomkins
Publisher:P. Brown, No. 4, Crown Street, Soho, London
Date: February 1, 1798

Added 7 - 9 - 2006

Left - Title: The Death of Lady Jane Gray, 1554
Medium: Mezzotint printed in colour.
Artist: Valentine Green after J.G. Huck

Added 2 - 12 - 2006
Middle: Title: Scene depicting Lady Jane Grey being led to her execution at the Tower of London, 1554
Medium: Aquatint on paper.
Artist: J. Gerrard Huck
Year: 1797

Added 7 - 9 - 2003
Right - Title: Lady Jane Grey going to Execution, 1554

Artist: J. Gerrard Huck
Series Title: English History: 1486-1603.

Added 7 - 9 - 2002 Shows: Faces From "The Death of Lady Jane Gray"
Artist: Valentine Green after J.G. Huck
Size: 8 1/2 in. x 6 in. (216 mm x 153 mm) plate size
Year: 1786
Location: National Portrait Gallery
Found here.

Added 7 - 9 - 2010.
Shows: Lady Jane Grey Going to Her Execution
Information: In the section of the poem "The Force of Religion; or, Vanquish'd Love" about Lady Jane Grey and Lord Guildford Dudley.
Source: "The Works of the Author of the Night-thoughts"
Author: Edward Young
Year: 1802
Found here.

Added 7 - 9 - 2007

Title: Lady Jane Grey presenting a Memorial to the Keeper of the Tower previous to her Execution.
Artist: C.M Metz, delin
Engraver: I. Rhodes, sculp
Source: "Pocket Edition of Hume's England"
Editor: C. Cooke
Publisher: C.Cooke, 17 Paternoster Row
Date: Dec. 28, 1793.
Location: Edwin C. Bolles Collection on the City of London
Image Credits: Courtesy Tufts University Archives.

Added 7 - 9 - 2004
My Collection (the book it appears in)
Title: Lady Jane Grey Goes to Execution and Gives her Tablets to the Constable of the Tower of London as a Rememberance
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 59 x 80 inches
Artist: Edward H. May (Edward Harrison May, 1824-1887)
Year: Paris, 1864.
Source: "T.C.: American Pupils of Thomas Couture"
Publisher: University of Maryland, Department of Art
Author: Text and Catalouge by Marchal E. Landgren
Year: 1970

Added 10 - 12 - 2007
Shows: Lady Jane Grey Heading For Her Execution:
Source: "Historie: Exécution de Jane Grey"
Author: M. Frédéric Soulié
Year: 1833
Found here.

Added 10 - 12 - 2006
My Collection
Information: Inset picture on the print Fecknam's Interview With Lady Jane Gray In The Tower
Text reads: Sir John Gage Soliciting A Keepsake From Lady Jane Gray On Her Way To Execution
Artist: James Northcote, R.A
Engraver: J. Rogers
Publisher: J & F. Tallis, London, Edinburgh & Dublin.

Added 7 - 9 - 2002 - Larger Image Added 11 - 11 - 2007

My Collection
Caption: "Lady Jane Grey Going To Execution"
Year: Circa 1850
Information: Inset from an engraving of Mary I by James Virtue. I'm not sure if the inset was also done by Virtue or another artist.

Originally Added 7 - 9 - 2002 - Better Image Added 7 - 9 - 2007 Shows: Lady Jane Grey Taken To Her Execution
Source: "Journal des Demoiselles"
Artist: J. Errapaz (?)
Publisher: Bureau du Journal
Year: 1848
Language: French
Read online here.

Added 2 - 12 - 2009.
Caption: "Lady Jane Grey Led to Execution"
Source: "Foxe's Book of Martyrs"
Editor: David A. Clarke
Publisher: Ward Locke and Co.
Year: 1903 (?)

Originally Added 4 - 25 - 2003 - Better Image Added Oct - 14 - 2006
My Collection
Caption: "When unfortunate Jane Gray was led to the place of execution, she met her husband's corpse, which was just being carried away from the scaffold."
Illustrator: Nep. Geiger
Year: 1863
Information: Entered According to the Act of Congress in the year 1863 by Jos. De Bulow in the clerks office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

Added 4 - 25 - 2003

Left - My Collection (Image From the Book)
Caption: "Encountering Lord Dudley's Corpse As It Is Carried Back From Tower Hill On A Litter"
Artist: George Cruikshank
Original Source: "Tower of London"
Author: William Harrison Ainsworth
Year: 1840
Secondary Source: "Tower of London"
Author: Christopher Hibbert
Publisher: Time-Life's Wonders of Man Series
Year: 1971

Added 7 - 9 - 2002
Right - My Collection
Caption: "Jane Meeting The Body Of Her Husband On Her Way To the Scaffold."
Source: "The Pictorial Tower of London"
Author: William Harrison Ainsworth
Illustrator: Designed and Engraved From Original Drawings made by George Cruikshank by W.D Baker (or Bakers)
Year: Circa 1870s.

Added 1 - 8 - 2003
My Collection
Caption: "The Execution of Lady Jane Gray and her Husband Lord Guildford Dudley"
Artist: Wale d (?)
Engraver: T. Colly (?)
Year: Possibly 1774

A Copy Originally Added 2 - 12 - 2004 - Better Image Added 7 - 9 - 2007
My Collection
Caption: "Lady Jane Grey On Her Way To Execution - Her Husband's Body Being Carried Past" [From The British Museum]
Source: "The Tower of London from Within"
Author: Maj-Gen Sir George Younghusband
Publisher: New York: The George H. Doran Company.
Year: 1919

Added 7 - 9 - 2007
My Collection
Caption: "She Mounted the Scaffold firmly."
Source: "Tower of London"
Author: William Harrison Ainsworth
Illustrator: John Mackay
Publisher: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd
Year: Circa 1934

Added 11 - 22 - 2002

Shows: Lady Jane Grey or Possibly Catherine Howard
Caption: "Queen Catherine Howard was imprisoned at Syon until her execution in 1542. There Lady Jane Grey accepted the crown in 1553 - a decision which led to her to the scaffold."
Source: Look and Learn
Article: The Bath Road
Artist: Written and Drawn by R. S. Embleton
Found here.

Added 7 - 9 - 2010. My Collection
Shows: Lady Jane Grey
Source: "Maar Negen Dagen Koningin (But Nine Days Queen)"
Author: C. Van Rijswijk
Artist: J. den Ouden
Year: 1991

Added 7 - 9 - 2010.
Caption: "For how many days did this brilliant tragic young girl reign over England?"
Source: "Look and Learn Magazine"
Section: Cover Quiz
Date: October 22, 1966
Found here.

Added 7 - 9 - 2007 - Larger Imaged Added 2 - 12 - 2010

My Collection
Caption: "Execution of Lady Jane Grey"
Series: Will's Cigarettes - Historic Events No. 20
Publisher: W. D. & H. O. Wills, Bristol & London
Issued By: The Imperial Tobacco Co (Of Great Britain & Ireland) Ltd.

Added 7 - 9 - 2002
Title: The Death of Lady Jane Gray
Artist: William Martin prinxit
Engraver: Frances Bartolozzi, RA Historical Engraver to His Majesty, Sculp
Location: From The Original Picture in the Town Hall, Norwich. - London
Publisher: William Martin, Leicester Square & William Dickenfon, Engraver. No. 158 New Bond Street
Date: Sept 1, 1790
Information: Dedicated by Permission to the Queen, by Her Majesty's most Dutiful and Devoted Servent - W. Martin.

Submitted by Raymond Negus.

Added 7 - 9 - 2003
Title: The Death of Lady Jane Grey
Medium: Stipple Engraving
Artist: Franceso Bartolozzi after William Martin
Size: Height: 29.3 cm - Width : 38.8 cm
Year: 1790
Inscribed: On plate : bottom centre of margin : THE DEATH OF LADY JANE GRAY. / Dedicated by Permission to the Queen, by Her Majesty's most Dutful and Devoted Servant, / W : Martin. / From the ORIGINAL PICTURE in the Town Hall, NORWICH. / LONDON, Publish'd Sep;r 1; 1790, by Wm. Martin Leicester Square; & Wm. Dickinson Engraver No. 158 New Bond Street.
Location: Norwich Castle Study Centre
Found here.

Added 7 - 9 - 2008.

Information: This might be Jane on the scaffold viewing the body of her husband.
Source: "A Collection of Old Ballads: Corrected from the Best and Most Ancient Copies Extant ; with Introductions Historical and Critical Vol. III"
Editor: Ambrose Philips
Chapter: "A lamentable Ditty on the Death of Lord Guildford Dudley, and the Lady Jane Grey, that for their Parents Ambition, in seeking to make these two young Princes King and Queen of England, were both beheaded in the Tower of London."
Year: 1725
Found here.

Added 7 - 9 - 2007
My Collection
Shows: Mrs. Inchbald as Lady Jane Gray
Source: Lady Jane Gray, A Tragedy
Author (Dramatist, Playwright): Nicholas Rowe
Appeared In: "Bell's British Library"
Editor: J. Bell
Artist: Le Wilde Pinx
Engraver: Audinet, Sculp.
Publisher: Printed for J. Bell, British Library
Date: Nov. 25, 1791
Text: Act V, Scene Last - "In dear remembrance of thy love, I leave thee this book, the law of everlasting truth."
Notes: Not sure how old this copy really is as it has a stamp from the library it once belonged to from 1962.

Added 11 - 22 - 2002
Left - My Collection
Caption: Lady Jane Grey, at the place of Execution presenting her Table Book to Sir John Gage
Artist: Hamilton delin
Engraver: Warren sculp
Publisher: J. Stratford No. 112, Holborn Hill.
Date: December 11, 1802.
Right
Caption: "The Beheading of Lady Jane Grey"
Source: "Ashburton's History of England"
Publisher: W & J. Stratford No. 112, Holborn Hill
Date: Oct. 1, 1792

Both Added 9 - 9 - 2002
My Collection
Title: The Alarm; or Execution of Lady Jane Grey
Medium: Wood Block Print
Artist: S. Wale Delin
Engraver: C. Grignion Sculp.
Size: 6 1/2 by 5 1/8
Century: Mid 18th

Added 2 - 12 - 2008.

Left - My Collection
Caption: "The Beheading of Lady Jane Dudley"
Medium: Very early copper engraving.
Artist: Picture is unsigned but possibly by Thomas Bowles
Year: Circa 1750

Added 2 - 12 - 2006
Right - Caption: The Beheading of Lady Jane Dudley
Source: "Fox's Book of Martyrs"
Artist: Possibly by Thomas Bowles.
Year: 1776
Information: Jane's shown handing her book to Sir John Bridges.

Originally Added 2 - 12 - 2004 - Better Version Added 7 - 9 - 2005
My Collection
Shows: The Execution of Lady Jane Grey
Source: "No. XI: The Life and Death of Lady Jane Grey"
Publisher: Church of England Tract Society
Year: 1835

Added 10 - 12 - 2006
My Collection
Shows: The Execution of Lady Jane Grey
Source: "Life and Death of Lady Jane Grey"
Publisher: American Sunday School Union - Philadelphia.
Year: Not Dated But Has An Inscription From 1848.

Added 2 - 12 - 2004
Caption: "Lady Jane Grey on the Scaffold"
Source: "The Book of Martyrs or The Acts and Monuments of the Christian Church, Being A Complete History of Martyrdom From the Commencement of Christianity to the Present Time."
Author: John Foxe
Revised and Improved By: Rev. John Mallam
Publisher: John Kelly
Year: 1814
Notes: This replaces a much smaller image I had of it.

Originally Added 2 - 12 - 2007 - Larger Image Added 2 - 12 - 2008.

Caption: "Lady Jane Dudley (formerly Gray) Wife of Lord Guildford & Cousin to Queen Mary, beheaded by order of that bloody Princess on Tower Hill Feb 21, 1554, being then only in her 17th Year"
Source: "Fox's Book of Martyrs"
Author: John Foxe
Year: 1794
Notes: Jane was executed on Feb 12th, not Feb 21st and she was 16, not 17.

Added 2 - 12 - 2007
Caption: "Lady Jane Dudley (formerly Gray) Wife of Lord Guildford & Cousin to Queen Mary, beheaded by order of that bloody Princess on Tower Hill Feb 21, 1554, being then only in her 17th Year"
Source: "Universal History of Martyrdom" (an expanded edition of "Foxe's Book of Martyrs")
Editor: The Rev. Dr. Paul Wright
Year: 1784
Notes: Jane was executed on Feb 12th, not Feb 21st and she was 16, not 17.

Added 7 - 9 - 2003
Caption: "Execution of Lady Jane Grey"
Source: "A Picture History of England, From the Invasion of Julius Caesar To The Present Time"
Author: Henry William Dulcken
Illustrators: Brothers Dalziel from Designs By A.W Bayes
Year: 1866
Found here.

Added 10 - 12 - 2006

My Collection
Caption: "Death of Lady Jane Grey"
Source: "Pictorial History of England"
Author: S.C. Goodrich
Year: 1868

Added 10 - 12 - 2003 My Collection
Shows: Lady Jane Grey on Scaffold
Source: Cover of "The Tower of London: The Tragedy of Lady Jane Grey"
Author: William Harrison Ainsworth
Publisher: W. Foulsham & Co. LTD
Year: 1940?

Added 2 - 12 - 2009.
My Collection
Source: "Facts To Correct Fancies; or, Short Narratives Complied From The Biography of Remarkable Women"
Author: Written For Children. By A Mother
Year: 1840
Read online here (Titled: "Short Stories from the Lives of Remarkable Women Being Narratives of Fact to Correct Fiction, As Related To Her Children".)

Added 7 - 9 - 2002

My Collection
Caption: "Death of Jane Grey and L. Dudley"
Source: "A New History of England, by Question and Answer, Extracted from the Most Celebrated English Historians, Particularly M. Rapin de Thoyras, for the Entertainment of our Youth of both Sexes - by the Author of the Roman History by Question and Answer - The Nineteenth Edition Corrected, and Brought Down To The Present Time"
Author: John Lockman
Year: 1781

Better Image Added 2 - 12 - 2005 (First Version Added 2 - 12 - 2004).
Caption: "Death of Jane Grey, and L. Dudley"
Source: "A New History of England, by Question and Answer, Extracted from the Most Celebrated English Historians, Particularly M. Rapin de Thoyras, for the Entertainment of our Youth of both Sexes - by the Author of the Roman History by Question and Answer"
Author: John Lockman
Artist: Wale del.
Year: Circa Late 1700s, to Mid 1800s
Notes: This is a slightly different then the version that I own.

Added 2 - 12 - 2008.
Left - My Collection
Shows: Lady Jane Grey At Her Execution
Source: "A Series of Prints Designed to Illustrate the English History"
Author: Sarah Trimmer
Year: 1821
Right - Shows: Lady Jane Grey At Her Execution
Source: "A Series of Prints Designed to Illustrate the English History"
Author: Sarah Trimmer
Year: 1792

Added 10 - 12 - 2006 - Better Scan of Left Image Added 2 - 12 - 2007

Left - My Collection
Caption: "Lady Jane Grey at the Place of Execution."
Artist: J. Godwin
Source: "Women of the Reformation"
Author: Annie Wittenmyer
Year: 1885

Added 10 - 12 - 2006 - Better Image Added 2 - 12 - 2007
Right
Caption: "Lady Jane Grey at the Place of Execution."
Source: "Ladies of the Reformation: Memoirs of Distinguished Female Characters, Belonging to the Period of The Reformation in the Sixteenth Century"
Author: Rev. James Anderson
Artist: J. Godwin
Illustrator: W.J. Thomas
Year: 1855
Found here.

Added 7 - 9 - 2007
Shows: The Execution of Lady Jane Grey
Source: "The Life and Death of Lady Jane Grey"
Sold By: J. Richardson, at the depository, 6, Clare-Street; by Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones - W. Major, printer, John's Steps
Year: 1835
Found here.

Added 2 - 12 - 2007 Title: Exécution de Jeanne Gray
Source: "Les Prisons de l'Europe"
Authors: Jules Édouard Alboise du Pujol, Auguste Maquet
Publisher: Administration de librairie
Year: 1845
Language: French
Read online here.

Added 2 - 12 - 2009.

New To: Execution: Page 1
Shows: A Lady Jane Grey Scarecrow
Found here.

Added 7 - 19 - 2011.

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Title: Queen Mary Signing the Death Warrant of Lady Jane Grey Artist: Daniel Huntington Engraver: Charles Burt Publisher: New York: American Art Union Size: 43.5 x 55 cm Year: The original painting was done in 1848. Notes: Though this doesn't show Jane, it's the Signing of her death warrant which leads into the following images. More info can be found here. Originally Added 2 - 12 - 2003 - Better Image Added 6 - 24 - 04.	My Collection Caption: "The queen was at last induced to sign the warrant for the execution of Lady Jane Grey and her husband." Source: "The Romance of the Nation: A Stirring Pageant of the British Peoples Through All the Ages" Author: Charles Ray Publisher: Amalgamated Press Year: 1934 Added 2 - 12 - 2009.	Title: Mary signing death warrant Medium: Magic Lantern Slide Makers: York & Son Year: c1890 Added 2 - 12 - 2010.	My Collection Caption: "When the Lieutenant of the Tower asked Jane for some memento, she offered him the book of devotions from which she had been praying." Source: "The Romance of the Nation: A Stirring Pageant of the British Peoples Through All the Ages" Author: Charles Ray Publisher: Amalgamated Press Year: 1934 Added 2 - 12 - 2009.


Title: Execution of Lady Jane Grey Type: Frontispiece Artist: Corbould Engraver: C. Rolls Source: "The Force of Religion; or, Vanquish'd Love" Author: Edward Young Appeared In: "The Book of the Poets" Publisher: London : William Smith Year: 1844 Information: "Force" is a poem about Lady Jane Grey and Lord Guildford Dudley Found here. Added 10 - 12 - 2007	My Collection Shows: Lady Jane Grey Source: "Captive Royal Children" Author: G.I. Whitham Artist: A.G. Walker, Sculptor Year: 1911 Read online here. Added 7 - 9 - 2010.	My Collection Caption: "Though Lady Jane Grey's husband, Lord Dudley, was beheaded on Tower Hill, outside the fortress, Lady Jane herself, being of royal blood, was executed on the green inside." Painting by A. Rosell, she is seen on her way to execution. Source: "The Romance of the Nation: A Stirring Pageant of the British Peoples Through All the Ages" Author: Charles Ray Publisher: Amalgamated Press Year: 1934 Added 2 - 12 - 2009.	My Collection Cover: "There Is No Escape" Author: Philip Lindsay Year: Either 1950 or 1974 Added 7 - 9 - 2002 - Larger Image Added 11 - 11 - 2007


My Collection Caption: "Lady Jane Grey On Her Way To Execution" Source: "A Handy History of England For the Young" Author: H.W. Dulcken Illustrator: The Dalziel Brothers Year: 1874 Added 7 - 9 - 2007	Title: Lady Jane Grey's Walk Medium: Drawing with black ink and prismacolor on plain paper. Artist: Majutsu aka Blankfacedseraphim Year: 2008 Note: This is a depiction of Lady Jane Grey, on her walk to the scaffold in February 1554. She reads her prayer book as she walks, and in the background are snippets of the letter she wrote to her father shortly before her execution. You can find the letter in its entirety fairly easy on the internet. Found here. Permission Granted To Use By Artist Added 2 - 12 - 2009.	My Collection Caption: "Post tenebras spero lucem." (Translation: "After darkness I hope for light.") Shows: Lady Jane Grey On the Way To the Scaffold. Source: "Another Spring: The Story of Lady Jane Grey" Author: Katherine Wigmore Eyre Illustrators: Stephani and Edward Godwin Year: 1949 Added 7 - 9 - 2002


Left - My Collection (Disbound Print, Not the Book) Caption: "Lady Jane Grey On The Way To The Scaffold" Source: "Cassell's History of England - From the Wars of the Roses to the Great Rebellion" Publisher: Cassell and Company Year: 1909 Read online here. Right - Another Version Both Added 2 - 12 - 2003	My Collection Title: Queen for Nine Days Medium: A British First Day Cover to Commemorate "450th Anniversary of the Death of Lady Jane Grey - Queen For Nine Days" Date: February 12th, 2004, the date of the anniversary. Stamp Details: 1978 Tower of London stamp plus 2nd Class England Heraldic Lions Cover Type: Bradbury Anniv & Events No 16 Official/Ordinary: Souvenir Cover - Postmark: Tower Hill Special Handstamp You can order this here for £12.50 (approx. $21.00, they accept orders worldwide), Search for Jane Grey to find it. Added 10 - 12 - 2003	Title: Lady Jane Grey Is Led To Execution Medium: Stain glass window Location: Worcester Cathedral Information: This window is a small one in very large series of stained glass in the cloister at Worcester Cathedral. It depicts the history of the Worcester Diocese, the cathedral, the town and the country in general. Found here. Added 2 - 12 - 2010.	Title: Lady Jane Grey On The Way To The Scaffold Medium: Stain glass window Location: Worcester Cathedral Information: This window is a small one in very large series of stained glass in the cloister at Worcester Cathedral. It depicts the history of the Worcester Diocese, the cathedral, the town and the country in general. Images/information provided by The Nash Ford Photo Library. For my use only, please do not copy. Left Added 7 - 9 - 2005 - Right Added 10 - 12 - 2005


My Collection Shows: Lady Jane Grey going to her execution. Source: "A Nursery History of England" Author: Elizabeth O'Niell Illustrator: George Morrow Year: 1912 Added 10 - 12 - 2003	My Collection Caption: "Jane Seemed Unconscious of all, and kept her eyes steadily on her prayer-book." Source: "Harrison Ainsworth's The Tower of London Retold for Boys and Girls" Author: Alice Jackson Illustrator: T.H Robinson Year: Circa mid 1920s? Added 1 - 8 - 2003	Shows: Lady Jane Grey Going to Her Execution Source: "Sun Comic #92" Article: "Famous Figures of Fact and Fiction" Date: November 11, 1950 Added 7 - 9 - 2006	My Collection Shows: Vignette of Lady Jane Grey Going to Her Execution that appears on the dust jacket. Source: "We Were There" Author: Rhoda Power Illustrator: Charl Year: 1957 Added 7 - 9 - 2004


My Collection Title: The Death of Lady Jane Gray Artist: J. Gerrard Huck Engraver: M. Tomkins Pupil to P. W. Tomkins Publisher:P. Brown, No. 4, Crown Street, Soho, London Date: February 1, 1798 Added 7 - 9 - 2006	Left - Title: The Death of Lady Jane Gray, 1554 Medium: Mezzotint printed in colour. Artist: Valentine Green after J.G. Huck Added 2 - 12 - 2006 Middle: Title: Scene depicting Lady Jane Grey being led to her execution at the Tower of London, 1554 Medium: Aquatint on paper. Artist: J. Gerrard Huck Year: 1797 Added 7 - 9 - 2003 Right - Title: Lady Jane Grey going to Execution, 1554 Artist: J. Gerrard Huck Series Title: English History: 1486-1603. Added 7 - 9 - 2002	Shows: Faces From "The Death of Lady Jane Gray" Artist: Valentine Green after J.G. Huck Size: 8 1/2 in. x 6 in. (216 mm x 153 mm) plate size Year: 1786 Location: National Portrait Gallery Found here. Added 7 - 9 - 2010.	Shows: Lady Jane Grey Going to Her Execution Information: In the section of the poem "The Force of Religion; or, Vanquish'd Love" about Lady Jane Grey and Lord Guildford Dudley. Source: "The Works of the Author of the Night-thoughts" Author: Edward Young Year: 1802 Found here. Added 7 - 9 - 2007


Title: Lady Jane Grey presenting a Memorial to the Keeper of the Tower previous to her Execution. Artist: C.M Metz, delin Engraver: I. Rhodes, sculp Source: "Pocket Edition of Hume's England" Editor: C. Cooke Publisher: C.Cooke, 17 Paternoster Row Date: Dec. 28, 1793. Location: Edwin C. Bolles Collection on the City of London Image Credits: Courtesy Tufts University Archives. Added 7 - 9 - 2004	My Collection (the book it appears in) Title: Lady Jane Grey Goes to Execution and Gives her Tablets to the Constable of the Tower of London as a Rememberance Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 59 x 80 inches Artist: Edward H. May (Edward Harrison May, 1824-1887) Year: Paris, 1864. Source: "T.C.: American Pupils of Thomas Couture" Publisher: University of Maryland, Department of Art Author: Text and Catalouge by Marchal E. Landgren Year: 1970 Added 10 - 12 - 2007	Shows: Lady Jane Grey Heading For Her Execution: Source: "Historie: Exécution de Jane Grey" Author: M. Frédéric Soulié Year: 1833 Found here. Added 10 - 12 - 2006	My Collection Information: Inset picture on the print Fecknam's Interview With Lady Jane Gray In The Tower Text reads: Sir John Gage Soliciting A Keepsake From Lady Jane Gray On Her Way To Execution Artist: James Northcote, R.A Engraver: J. Rogers Publisher: J & F. Tallis, London, Edinburgh & Dublin. Added 7 - 9 - 2002 - Larger Image Added 11 - 11 - 2007


My Collection Caption: "Lady Jane Grey Going To Execution" Year: Circa 1850 Information: Inset from an engraving of Mary I by James Virtue. I'm not sure if the inset was also done by Virtue or another artist. Originally Added 7 - 9 - 2002 - Better Image Added 7 - 9 - 2007	Shows: Lady Jane Grey Taken To Her Execution Source: "Journal des Demoiselles" Artist: J. Errapaz (?) Publisher: Bureau du Journal Year: 1848 Language: French Read online here. Added 2 - 12 - 2009.	Caption: "Lady Jane Grey Led to Execution" Source: "Foxe's Book of Martyrs" Editor: David A. Clarke Publisher: Ward Locke and Co. Year: 1903 (?) Originally Added 4 - 25 - 2003 - Better Image Added Oct - 14 - 2006	My Collection Caption: "When unfortunate Jane Gray was led to the place of execution, she met her husband's corpse, which was just being carried away from the scaffold." Illustrator: Nep. Geiger Year: 1863 Information: Entered According to the Act of Congress in the year 1863 by Jos. De Bulow in the clerks office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Added 4 - 25 - 2003


Left - My Collection (Image From the Book) Caption: "Encountering Lord Dudley's Corpse As It Is Carried Back From Tower Hill On A Litter" Artist: George Cruikshank Original Source: "Tower of London" Author: William Harrison Ainsworth Year: 1840 Secondary Source: "Tower of London" Author: Christopher Hibbert Publisher: Time-Life's Wonders of Man Series Year: 1971 Added 7 - 9 - 2002 Right - My Collection Caption: "Jane Meeting The Body Of Her Husband On Her Way To the Scaffold." Source: "The Pictorial Tower of London" Author: William Harrison Ainsworth Illustrator: Designed and Engraved From Original Drawings made by George Cruikshank by W.D Baker (or Bakers) Year: Circa 1870s. Added 1 - 8 - 2003	My Collection Caption: "The Execution of Lady Jane Gray and her Husband Lord Guildford Dudley" Artist: Wale d (?) Engraver: T. Colly (?) Year: Possibly 1774 A Copy Originally Added 2 - 12 - 2004 - Better Image Added 7 - 9 - 2007	My Collection Caption: "Lady Jane Grey On Her Way To Execution - Her Husband's Body Being Carried Past" [From The British Museum] Source: "The Tower of London from Within" Author: Maj-Gen Sir George Younghusband Publisher: New York: The George H. Doran Company. Year: 1919 Added 7 - 9 - 2007	My Collection Caption: "She Mounted the Scaffold firmly." Source: "Tower of London" Author: William Harrison Ainsworth Illustrator: John Mackay Publisher: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd Year: Circa 1934 Added 11 - 22 - 2002


Shows: Lady Jane Grey or Possibly Catherine Howard Caption: "Queen Catherine Howard was imprisoned at Syon until her execution in 1542. There Lady Jane Grey accepted the crown in 1553 - a decision which led to her to the scaffold." Source: Look and Learn Article: The Bath Road Artist: Written and Drawn by R. S. Embleton Found here. Added 7 - 9 - 2010.	My Collection Shows: Lady Jane Grey Source: "Maar Negen Dagen Koningin (But Nine Days Queen)" Author: C. Van Rijswijk Artist: J. den Ouden Year: 1991 Added 7 - 9 - 2010.	Caption: "For how many days did this brilliant tragic young girl reign over England?" Source: "Look and Learn Magazine" Section: Cover Quiz Date: October 22, 1966 Found here. Added 7 - 9 - 2007 - Larger Imaged Added 2 - 12 - 2010


My Collection Caption: "Execution of Lady Jane Grey" Series: Will's Cigarettes - Historic Events No. 20 Publisher: W. D. & H. O. Wills, Bristol & London Issued By: The Imperial Tobacco Co (Of Great Britain & Ireland) Ltd. Added 7 - 9 - 2002	Title: The Death of Lady Jane Gray Artist: William Martin prinxit Engraver: Frances Bartolozzi, RA Historical Engraver to His Majesty, Sculp Location: From The Original Picture in the Town Hall, Norwich. - London Publisher: William Martin, Leicester Square & William Dickenfon, Engraver. No. 158 New Bond Street Date: Sept 1, 1790 Information: Dedicated by Permission to the Queen, by Her Majesty's most Dutiful and Devoted Servent - W. Martin. Submitted by Raymond Negus. Added 7 - 9 - 2003	Title: The Death of Lady Jane Grey Medium: Stipple Engraving Artist: Franceso Bartolozzi after William Martin Size: Height: 29.3 cm - Width : 38.8 cm Year: 1790 Inscribed: On plate : bottom centre of margin : THE DEATH OF LADY JANE GRAY. / Dedicated by Permission to the Queen, by Her Majesty's most Dutful and Devoted Servant, / W : Martin. / From the ORIGINAL PICTURE in the Town Hall, NORWICH. / LONDON, Publish'd Sep;r 1; 1790, by Wm. Martin Leicester Square; & Wm. Dickinson Engraver No. 158 New Bond Street. Location: Norwich Castle Study Centre Found here. Added 7 - 9 - 2008.


Information: This might be Jane on the scaffold viewing the body of her husband. Source: "A Collection of Old Ballads: Corrected from the Best and Most Ancient Copies Extant ; with Introductions Historical and Critical Vol. III" Editor: Ambrose Philips Chapter: "A lamentable Ditty on the Death of Lord Guildford Dudley, and the Lady Jane Grey, that for their Parents Ambition, in seeking to make these two young Princes King and Queen of England, were both beheaded in the Tower of London." Year: 1725 Found here. Added 7 - 9 - 2007	My Collection Shows: Mrs. Inchbald as Lady Jane Gray Source: Lady Jane Gray, A Tragedy Author (Dramatist, Playwright): Nicholas Rowe Appeared In: "Bell's British Library" Editor: J. Bell Artist: Le Wilde Pinx Engraver: Audinet, Sculp. Publisher: Printed for J. Bell, British Library Date: Nov. 25, 1791 Text: Act V, Scene Last - "In dear remembrance of thy love, I leave thee this book, the law of everlasting truth." Notes: Not sure how old this copy really is as it has a stamp from the library it once belonged to from 1962. Added 11 - 22 - 2002	Left - My Collection Caption: Lady Jane Grey, at the place of Execution presenting her Table Book to Sir John Gage Artist: Hamilton delin Engraver: Warren sculp Publisher: J. Stratford No. 112, Holborn Hill. Date: December 11, 1802. Right Caption: "The Beheading of Lady Jane Grey" Source: "Ashburton's History of England" Publisher: W & J. Stratford No. 112, Holborn Hill Date: Oct. 1, 1792 Both Added 9 - 9 - 2002	My Collection Title: The Alarm; or Execution of Lady Jane Grey Medium: Wood Block Print Artist: S. Wale Delin Engraver: C. Grignion Sculp. Size: 6 1/2 by 5 1/8 Century: Mid 18th Added 2 - 12 - 2008.


Left - My Collection Caption: "The Beheading of Lady Jane Dudley" Medium: Very early copper engraving. Artist: Picture is unsigned but possibly by Thomas Bowles Year: Circa 1750 Added 2 - 12 - 2006 Right - Caption: The Beheading of Lady Jane Dudley Source: "Fox's Book of Martyrs" Artist: Possibly by Thomas Bowles. Year: 1776 Information: Jane's shown handing her book to Sir John Bridges. Originally Added 2 - 12 - 2004 - Better Version Added 7 - 9 - 2005	My Collection Shows: The Execution of Lady Jane Grey Source: "No. XI: The Life and Death of Lady Jane Grey" Publisher: Church of England Tract Society Year: 1835 Added 10 - 12 - 2006	My Collection Shows: The Execution of Lady Jane Grey Source: "Life and Death of Lady Jane Grey" Publisher: American Sunday School Union - Philadelphia. Year: Not Dated But Has An Inscription From 1848. Added 2 - 12 - 2004	Caption: "Lady Jane Grey on the Scaffold" Source: "The Book of Martyrs or The Acts and Monuments of the Christian Church, Being A Complete History of Martyrdom From the Commencement of Christianity to the Present Time." Author: John Foxe Revised and Improved By: Rev. John Mallam Publisher: John Kelly Year: 1814 Notes: This replaces a much smaller image I had of it. Originally Added 2 - 12 - 2007 - Larger Image Added 2 - 12 - 2008.


Caption: "Lady Jane Dudley (formerly Gray) Wife of Lord Guildford & Cousin to Queen Mary, beheaded by order of that bloody Princess on Tower Hill Feb 21, 1554, being then only in her 17th Year" Source: "Fox's Book of Martyrs" Author: John Foxe Year: 1794 Notes: Jane was executed on Feb 12th, not Feb 21st and she was 16, not 17. Added 2 - 12 - 2007	Caption: "Lady Jane Dudley (formerly Gray) Wife of Lord Guildford & Cousin to Queen Mary, beheaded by order of that bloody Princess on Tower Hill Feb 21, 1554, being then only in her 17th Year" Source: "Universal History of Martyrdom" (an expanded edition of "Foxe's Book of Martyrs") Editor: The Rev. Dr. Paul Wright Year: 1784 Notes: Jane was executed on Feb 12th, not Feb 21st and she was 16, not 17. Added 7 - 9 - 2003	Caption: "Execution of Lady Jane Grey" Source: "A Picture History of England, From the Invasion of Julius Caesar To The Present Time" Author: Henry William Dulcken Illustrators: Brothers Dalziel from Designs By A.W Bayes Year: 1866 Found here. Added 10 - 12 - 2006


My Collection Caption: "Death of Lady Jane Grey" Source: "Pictorial History of England" Author: S.C. Goodrich Year: 1868 Added 10 - 12 - 2003	My Collection Shows: Lady Jane Grey on Scaffold Source: Cover of "The Tower of London: The Tragedy of Lady Jane Grey" Author: William Harrison Ainsworth Publisher: W. Foulsham & Co. LTD Year: 1940? Added 2 - 12 - 2009.	My Collection Source: "Facts To Correct Fancies; or, Short Narratives Complied From The Biography of Remarkable Women" Author: Written For Children. By A Mother Year: 1840 Read online here (Titled: "Short Stories from the Lives of Remarkable Women Being Narratives of Fact to Correct Fiction, As Related To Her Children".) Added 7 - 9 - 2002


My Collection Caption: "Death of Jane Grey and L. Dudley" Source: "A New History of England, by Question and Answer, Extracted from the Most Celebrated English Historians, Particularly M. Rapin de Thoyras, for the Entertainment of our Youth of both Sexes - by the Author of the Roman History by Question and Answer - The Nineteenth Edition Corrected, and Brought Down To The Present Time" Author: John Lockman Year: 1781 Better Image Added 2 - 12 - 2005 (First Version Added 2 - 12 - 2004).	Caption: "Death of Jane Grey, and L. Dudley" Source: "A New History of England, by Question and Answer, Extracted from the Most Celebrated English Historians, Particularly M. Rapin de Thoyras, for the Entertainment of our Youth of both Sexes - by the Author of the Roman History by Question and Answer" Author: John Lockman Artist: Wale del. Year: Circa Late 1700s, to Mid 1800s Notes: This is a slightly different then the version that I own. Added 2 - 12 - 2008.	Left - My Collection Shows: Lady Jane Grey At Her Execution Source: "A Series of Prints Designed to Illustrate the English History" Author: Sarah Trimmer Year: 1821 Right - Shows: Lady Jane Grey At Her Execution Source: "A Series of Prints Designed to Illustrate the English History" Author: Sarah Trimmer Year: 1792 Added 10 - 12 - 2006 - Better Scan of Left Image Added 2 - 12 - 2007


Left - My Collection Caption: "Lady Jane Grey at the Place of Execution." Artist: J. Godwin Source: "Women of the Reformation" Author: Annie Wittenmyer Year: 1885 Added 10 - 12 - 2006 - Better Image Added 2 - 12 - 2007 Right Caption: "Lady Jane Grey at the Place of Execution." Source: "Ladies of the Reformation: Memoirs of Distinguished Female Characters, Belonging to the Period of The Reformation in the Sixteenth Century" Author: Rev. James Anderson Artist: J. Godwin Illustrator: W.J. Thomas Year: 1855 Found here. Added 7 - 9 - 2007	Shows: The Execution of Lady Jane Grey Source: "The Life and Death of Lady Jane Grey" Sold By: J. Richardson, at the depository, 6, Clare-Street; by Messrs. Sherwood, Neely, and Jones - W. Major, printer, John's Steps Year: 1835 Found here. Added 2 - 12 - 2007	Title: Exécution de Jeanne Gray Source: "Les Prisons de l'Europe" Authors: Jules Édouard Alboise du Pujol, Auguste Maquet Publisher: Administration de librairie Year: 1845 Language: French Read online here. Added 2 - 12 - 2009.	New To: Execution: Page 1 Shows: A Lady Jane Grey Scarecrow Found here. Added 7 - 19 - 2011.