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The LADY JANE GREY 1748
Engraving with etching | 50.0 x 58.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 601001
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Engraving with etching of Lady Jane Grey, Queen of England. Bust length with hair under a cap, with frilled collar, high gown, jewelled necklace, and robes edged in ermine. Within an oval border suspended by a ribbon against an architectural background, with crown, sceptre, and ermine mantle on an empty throne, beside the figure of a weeping woman, who places her right hand on the coat of arms of Lady Jane Grey. With English inscription below.
Vertue incorrectly identified the portrait in the collection of the Duke of Somerset as being of Lady Jane Grey, it is in fact after a portrait of Elizabeth I. See BM Gg, 1.406. -
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Engraving with etching
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50.0 x 58.8 cm (sheet of paper)
47.5 x 57.0 cm (platemark)
45.0 x 56.0 cm (image)
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