Searching for a Portrait of Jane Grey Dudley, England’s ‘Nine-Days Queen’ of 1553
Searching for a Portrait of Jane Grey Dudley, England’s ‘Nine-Days Queen’ of 1553
Lady Jane Grey Dudley, ‘the nine-days queen’ of 1553, is unique among English monarchs of the past 550 years in that no authentic portrait of her is known to have survived. This lecture examines some of the better-known images put forward as portraits of Jane Grey, focusing on the recently re-emerged Berry Hill Portrait.