It is reported on Alison Weir’s website that she will be giving a talk at the National Gallery.
23rd April
6.30pm
The National Gallery, London
Paul Delaroche’s “The Execution of Lady Jane Grey”: Alison will tell the story of Lady Jane Grey and discuss reality and fantasy in Delaroche’s masterpiece.
The following information is from the National Gallery.
Nine Days a Queen
Friday 23 April, 6.30-7.30pm, SWT
£5/£3 concessions
Delaroche’s dramatic painting The Execution of Lady Jane
Grey evokes the tragic reality of one of the most shameful episodes in English history. Lady Jane Grey was little known to the Tudor public, yet in 1533 she famously ruled as Queen of England for just nine days. A feisty teenager and religious radical, she was fated to become the victim of ambitious men, and her story, told by historian Alison Weir, vividly illustrates the political power struggles of a ruthless age.
