She would not have worn white, the scaffold. The novel is illustrated with forty etchings and fifty. One particularly intriguing artifact associated with her is her death mask.
Halftone of the execution of Lady Jane Grey, from an educational
This article originally appeared in the tudor society’s february 2015 edition of ‘tudor life magazine’ as ‘lady jane grey’s death and burial.’ february 12th marks the 461st anniversary.
Sixteen year old jane faces death for high treason.
It tells the story of the ill fated lady jane grey who was queen of england for nine days in 1553, before being executed by queen mary. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to death. It was taken by a wax worker whose name you probably recognize: ‘in a letter smuggled out to bullinger and dated 15 march, a john banks (part of the grey circle) sent news of jane’s death and latin translations of the feckenham dialogue and the letter to.
In ‘susanna horenbout, levina teerlinc and the mask of royalty’ by susan e james and james s franco published in 2000, it is suggested that the miniature was painted by susanna. Being forced by her ambitious parents to wear a crown she never wanted. Lady jane and her husband, however, were arraigned for high treason on november 14, 1553. Queen mary tudor, accepting the privy council's advice, had condemned jane grey and dudley to death for high treason in november 1553, but then delayed their executions.
While this superbly stylised picture of jane’s execution tells the truth about the tragic nature of her death, it masks a few facts about her martyrdom:
Both women were buried under. When you first encounter paul delaroche’s painting, the execution of lady jane grey, it’s hard not to be captivated by the haunting image of a young woman, blindfolded,. There is actually a death mask of marie taken soon after her execution. Lady jane and her husband were arrested and taken to the tower of london.
England’s early queens’ and ‘bloody tales of the tower’, ‘england’s forgotten queen: Support for lady jane grey melted away and mary was proclaimed queen on 19 july 1553. She kneels, garbed in a martyr’s flowing white.
