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Queen Jane's first night in the Tower, 1553 (1840). Artist: George Cruikshank
Queen Jane's first night in the Tower, 1553 (1840). A grandniece of Henry VIII, Lady Jane Grey was proclaimed queen on Edward VI's death in 1553 in an attempt to secure a Protestant succession. Only a few days later Henry's eldest daughter, the Catholic Mary Tudor, claimed the throne. Jane was deposed and imprisoned in the Tower of London. She was executed for high treason, at the age of 16, on Tower Hill on 12th February 1554. A print from The Tower of London a Historical Romance, by William Harrison Ainsworth. (London, 1840).
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AR975532
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Public
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3814px × 4603px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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16TH CENTURY
Ainsworth
B&W
B/W
Black & White
Black and white
CLAIMANT
Column
Crime
CRUIKSHANK
Dress
England
Engraving
Female
GEORGE
George Cruikshank
GREY
IMPRISONMENT
interior
JANE
LADY
Lady Jane
Lady Jane Grey
Lamp
lighting
London
MONARCH
Monochrome
Night
Nine Day Queen
People
Pillar
PILLARS
Portrait
Print Collector8
Prisoner
QUEEN
royal
Royalty
SIXTEENTH CENTURY
SOVEREIGN
TGN
The Print Collector
time of day
Tower
Tower of London
Tudor
William Harrison
William Harrison Ainsworth
Woman
Women