One of the engravings on display as part of the National Portrait Gallery’s ‘Lady Jane Grey’ exhibition is mentioned by Eric Ives in his latest book, ‘Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery’, in connection with the Wrest Park portrait.
The Wrest Park portrait was on display as part of the ‘Lost Faces’ exhibition at the Philip Mould Gallery in London between 6 and 18th March 2007. The exhibition also included the Yale miniature by Teerlinc.
Dr Stephan Edwards has written a detailed analysis of the Wrest Park portrait at his website (Some Grey Matter).
Professor Eric Ives writes:
‘A quite different likeness is presented by a painting formerly at Wrest Park in Bedfordshire. It is painted on a panel which can be dated to c.1541, so, whether Jane or not, the portrait was very possibly completed in her lifetime. The identification Jane Grey goes back at least to 1681 and two other later versions belonged to the family of Jane’s uncle John.
In its present condition – it has been much over-painted – the sitter is unlikely to be the same as in the Streatham/Houghton or in the Northwick Park Jane, but an engraving of the Wrest Park likeness which appeared in 1681 the comparison is closer.’ (p 17, Ives)
The engraving in question by Robert White dates from 1681 and can be viewed at the National Portrait Gallery website.
Called Lady Jane Dudley (née Grey)
Sources
Ives, Eric. (2009) Lady Jane Grey: A Tudor Mystery, Wiley-Blackwell.
National Portrait Gallery
Some Grey Matter
