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The Execution of Lady Jane Grey: Only 16 Years Old : Page 4

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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Title: Jane Grey Executed - Plate XLVI. Artist: Kronheim Source: "Pictures of English History from the Earliest Times" Year: Circa 1892 Found Mary Evans Picture Library. Added 7 - 9 - 2005	My Collection Title: "Martyrdom of Lady Jane Grey" Artist: Craig del Engraver: Wallis sculp. Publisher: C. Brightly Bungay Date: April 1809 Notes: Not sure if mine is really that old. Added 10 - 12 - 2005	NEW My Collection Title: Death of Lady Jane Grey Source: "The Female Instructor; Or, Young Woman's Friend and Companion: Being A Guide To All the Accomplishments Which Adorn the Female Character, Either As A Useful Member of Society - A Pleasing Companion, or, A Respectable Mother of A Family" Author: Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans Year: 1832 Originally Added 2 - 12 - 2008 - Image of My Copy Added 7 - 9 - 2010.	Title: Lady Jane Grey's Execution Source: Life Magazine Date: April 20, 1790 Size: 1280 x 878 pixels (17.8 x 12.2 inches) Artist: I cannot make out the names of the artists. Found here. Added 7 - 9 - 2009.

Title: The Execution of Lady Jane Grey Information: Published as a plate illustration in a circa 1870 volume on the religious history of Europe, possibly an edition of "Foxe's Book of Martyrs". Added 2 - 12 - 2003	My Collection (the book it appears in) Title: The Execution of Lady Jane Grey Source: "The Who's Who of British Beheadings" Author: Geoffrey Abbot - Yeoman Warder [ret'd] HM Tower of London, Member of Her Majesty's Bodyguard of the Yeoman of the Guard Extraordinary Year: 2000 Added 7 - 9 - 2002	Information: Maybe the Execution of Lady Jane Grey, looks similar to other images of her execution. Added 10 - 12 - 2006

Title: The Execution of Lady Jane Grey at the Tower of London Medium: Etching Artist: George Cruikshank Found here: The Granger Collection. Added 7 - 9 - 2004	My Collection Title: The Execution of Lady Jane Grey 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	My Collection Caption: The Execution of Jane Grey 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	Title: Execution of Lady Jane Grey on The Tower Green Medium: Original Drawing Artist: George Cruikshank Size: 223m x 175m Location: British Museum Found here. Added 2 - 12 - 2009.

Shows: The Execution of Lady Jane Grey Information: Based on George Cruikshank artwork for William Harrison Ainsworth's "Tower of London". Found here. Added 7 - 9 - 2006	Shows: The Execution of Lady Jane Grey Medium: Illustration Artist: Kris Waldherr Source: "Doomed Queens" Year: 2008 Note: This image is obviously based on the one by George Cruikshank for Ainsworth's "Tower of London", but in "Doomed Queens" it appears in the background of a illustration of Mary, Queen of Scots standing in from of Queen Elizabeth I. I am not sure if the artist thought it was Mary or not. Added 2 - 12 - 2009.	My Collection Caption: "Execution of Lady Jane Grey" Artist: Possibly by W.F. Sutton and probably based on the one by Cruikshank. Source: "The Peoples' History of The Tower of London and Visitors' Guide To its Armouries, Royal Apartments, Chapels, State Dungeons, Crowns, Sceptres, Jewels, Costumes, Monarchs, Knights, and Warriors In Armour: and many other ancient National Curiosities. Also the Instruments of Torture and the Axe and Block, Formerly used for Executing Kings, Queens, Princes, Princesses, Nobles, and other Persons." Year: Circa 1800s to early 1900s Added 7 - 9 - 2004	My Collection Shows: The Execution of Lady Jane Grey Information: Seems based on the Ainsworth Tower of London scene Series: Torture & Punishment Publisher: Ancestors Ltd, Canterbury, Kent. Year: 1997 Notes: Purchased at the Royal Armouries - Tower of London, Sept 2001 Added 7 - 9 - 2002

Shows: A Live Tableux of The Execution of Lady Jane Grey Based On the Cruikshank Drawing Medium: Photograph on Magic Lantern Slide Added 2 - 12 - 2009.	Title: Execution of Lady Jane Grey Medium: Magic Lantern Slide Makers: York & Son Year: c1890 Added 2 - 12 - 2010.	My Collection Shows: The Execution of Lady Jane Grey Information: Inset from "Lady Jane Grey Declining the Crown" Artist: Robert Smirke, R. A Engraver: J. Rogers Publisher: The London Printing and Publishing Company Originally Added 7 - 9 - 2002 - Better Scan Added 7 - 9 - 2007	Title: Execution of Lady Jane Grey Medium: From artist: "I illustrated the images myself, then scanned them onto a computer, I used photoshop to inhance them, and to put the scene together. I got hold of that tea stained paper effect and used the layer properties to burn the illustrations and the blood effect onto it." Artist: Jon Pardoe Year: 2009 Found here. Permission Granted To Use By Artist Added 2 - 12 - 2010.

Title: Jana Regina Medium: Drawing Artist: ~Wyspre Year: 2006 Found here. Permission Granted To Use By Artist Added 10 - 12 - 2006	Caption: "The Lady Jane Beheaded in Tower" Original Source: An Early History of the British Museum Secondary Source: "The Tower of London A to Z" Author: Jan Kellett Year: 2001 Added 11 - 22 - 2002	Caption: "The Lady Jane Beheaded In The Tower" Found Lady Jane Grey's Clocks. Added 7 - 9 - 2004	My Collection Medium: Toy Title: Lady Jane Grey and Executioner No. H2 Publisher: Made in England by Tradition. Left Image Added 7 - 9 - 2002 - Better Image Added 11 - 11 - 2007 - Right Image Added 7 - 9 - 2005

Shows: Frames from Gif: "Jane's Execution" Medium: PS+Animation Shop Artist: Fiammetta1993 Year: 2010 Found here. Permission Granted To Use By Artist Added 2 - 12 - 2010.

Shows: Lady Jane Grey's Head On the Block Artist: Irene Vandenameele, inspired by a short play on Jane written by Eddy Piron. Submitted By Eddy Piron. Added 10 - 12 - 2003	Shows: Lady Jane Grey's Head On the Block Artist: Irene Vandenameele, inspired by a short play on Jane written by Eddy Piron. Submitted By Eddy Piron. Added 7 - 9 - 2003	No Thumbnail Being Used Due to the Graphic Nature of This Image I Am Not Using a Thumbnail, Please Be Advised As This Image May Not Be To Everyones Liking Title: The Execution of Lady Jane Grey Medium: Colour wash, pen, ink and watercolour. Artist: Lee Porritt Year: 2007 Permission Granted To Use By Artist Artist requests that anyone who wishes to use his artwork to please contact him through me. Added 7 - 9 - 2007	No Thumbnail Being Used Due to the Graphic Nature of This Image I Am Not Using a Thumbnail, Please Be Advised As This Image May Not Be To Everyones Liking Shows: Lady Jane Grey's Head Severed Artist: Irene Vandenameele, inspired by a short play on Jane written by Eddy Piron. Submitted By Eddy Piron. Added 7 - 9 - 2003

Shows: Lady Jane Grey Beheaded Medium: Sketch Artist: Margot Trudell Year: 2009 Found here. Added 2 - 12 - 2009.	Left - Title: "Mon. eve 12 Feb 1554. The reliques of Lady Jane Grey" Medium: Oil on panel Size: 30 cm h x 25.50 cm w (11 3/4 in h x 10 in w). Artist: William James Grant Right - Title: "The Relics of Lady Jane Grey" Artist: Possibly William James Grant Note: Though not an image of Jane, it does show the aftermath of her execution. Found here. Left Added 7 - 9 - 2006 - Right Added 2 - 12 - 2003	Title: Lady Jane Grey Medium: Acrylic paint Size: 36x48 inches Artist: Amanda Valdes Location: Monarchy Nightclub in West Palm Beach, FL Year: 2009 Found here. Permission Granted To Use By Artist Added 7 - 9 - 2009.	Shows: Lady Jane Grey Holding Her Head Medium: She made the ketch with Expression 3 but did the major work with Corel Painter Essentials 3 and wacom graphire 4. She finally used Artweaver for the canvas-look. Artist: Marietta Gurk aka Schokopocky Year: 2009 Found here. Permission Granted To Use By Artist Added 2 - 12 - 2009.

Shows: Lady Jane Grey Beheaded Medium: Digital Art. It was made using a combination of Microsoft Paint and Adobe Photoshop. Artist: Michele Siladi nglacrosse23 Year: 2010 Found here. Permission Granted To Use By Artist Added 2 - 12 - 2010.	Title: The Tower of London, A Beefeater's Ghost from the City Medium: Colour Lithograph Artist: by Hans Unger Location: Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, USA. Year: 1956 Text: "A beefeater's ghost from the city Found the girls of to-day not as pretty As Lady Jane Grey Whom he spoke to each day". Found here. Originally Added 7 - 9 - 2006 - Better Image Added 2 - 12 - 2007	Shows: Headless Historicals Lady Jane Grey Artists: Shiva Rodriguez and Garith Pettibone Medium: Reworked vinyl doll. Size: Approx. 20" tall Details: She wears a long hunter green gown made of plush velvet and trimmed with an embroidered floral fabric ribbon around the neckline and bodice. Cream-colored silky under-sleeves peek out from beneath the wide bell sleeves of her gown. A gold trim circles her waist and a large cross dangles from it. Jane's severed head has hand-painted features and wears her beautiful auburn hair in a high braided style beneath a matching headdress with a black lace veil. A large pearl-like pendent necklace surrounds what is left of her neck. The spinal bone, slightly crushed from the axe blow, protrudes slightly from the bleeding neck stump. Found here. Permission Granted To Use By Artists - Shiva Rodriguez and Garith Pettibone of HeadlessHistoricals.com. Added 10 - 12 - 2006

Shows: Headless Historicals Lady Jane Grey Doll #2 Medium: Reworked vinyl doll. Description: She wears a long purple velveteen gown with floral brocade bodice and trim that is adorned with many hand-sewn faux pearls. A wide gold trim dotted with faux pearls follows along the bottom hem. The underskirt and lower sleeves are made with a majestic purple-blue silk. Jane's severed head has hand-painted features and wears her beautiful long blonde hair gathered beneath a matching headdress with a gold net veil. A faux pearl and sterling silver cross necklace surrounds what is left of her neck. The spinal bone protrudes slightly from the bleeding neck stump. Size: Approx. 14" tall. Permission Granted To Use By Artists - Shiva Rodriguez and Garith Pettibone of HeadlessHistoricals.com. Added 2 - 12 - 2009.	Shows: Headless Historicals Lady Jane Grey Doll #3 Medium: Reworked vinyl doll. Description: She wears a gold silk underskirt beneath a beautiful emerald green silk gown lined with white lace and hand-sewn faux pearls. The bodice is also trimmed around the neckline with a strand of faux pearls. Jane's severed head has hand-painted eyes and wears her beautiful long blonde hair gathered beneath a matching headdress with a gold net veil. Size: 10" Year: 2009 Found here. Permission Granted To Use By Artists - Shiva Rodriguez and Garith Pettibone of HeadlessHistoricals.com. Added 7 - 9 - 2009.	Shows: A one of a kind (OOAK) Lady Jane Grey 16" designer doll. Artist: D.L Marian Information: She has a porcelain head and soft filled body. She has long black hair and glazed eyes. The clothes are reworked vintage clothing. She bears the wounds of her execution. Dark Creatons. Permission Granted To Use By Artist Added 10 - 12 - 2006

Shows: Another headless Lady Jane Grey representation. Added 10 - 12 - 2006	Shows: A headless Lady Jane Grey doll Artist: Heather Hutsell Year: 2007 Found here Closed Casket Dolls. Permission Granted To Use By Artist Added 2 - 12 - 2007	Shows: Closed Casket Doll - Lady Jane Grey #2 Artist: Heather Hutsell Size: 5 3/4" Year: 2009 Found here. Permission Granted To Use By Artist Added 7 - 9 - 2009.	Title: The Soul of Lady Jane Grey Artist: Johanna Pieterman Information: A very unique drawing of Jane's soul from the artist's point of view. Johanna's artwork can be found here. Permission Granted To Use By Artist Added 4 - 25 - 2003

Title: I Am The Bogeyman Medium: Cartoon Artist: JoniGodoy Year: 2007 Information: Created for a kids magazine, called "Big Bang" and published by the Editorial Televisa, with reason of showing the reader in an article the different sorts of ghost and bogeymen that have appeared in the history, the tales and the legends. From left to right: "La llorona" (Mexican legend), Abraham Lincoln, Bachelor´s woman (below), Sir Walter Raleigh, Anna Boleyn, Lady Jane Grey, Saint Thomas Beckett, Catherine Howard, Oscar Wilde´s Canterville Ghost, and J.K. Rowling´s Nearly Headless Nick and Moaning Myrtle. Found here. Permission Granted To Use By Artist Added 7 - 9 - 2007	Title: Lady Jane Medium: Oil on Canvas Size: 137 x 91.5 cm (54 x 36 in) Artist: Natasha Information: Natasha says this painting is supposed to depict Jane's ascent of her soul into heaven after her execution. Found here. Permission Granted To Use By Artist Added 2 - 12 - 2005	Title: The Ghost of Lady Jane Gray Artist: jacktar51 Found Artrage Gallery. Permission Granted To Use By Artist Added 7 - 9 - 2007	Title: Ghost of Ravenclaw Artist: Laura Freeman Information: Some people thought the Ghost of Ravenclaw in the Harry Potter series was Lady Jane Grey and this is supposed to be a drawing of that ghost. We now know she was the daughter of Ravenclaw. Added 10 - 12 - 2006

I wanted to add these images but never heard back from the artist and didn't want them to get upset, so I'm just linking to the Flickr pages they are on. The Execution of Lady Jane Grey Graphic Novel - Pages 1 & 2 Pages 3 & 4 Graphic Novel Characters Added 7 - 9 - 2010.

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