Unknown Woman Unknown woman, formerly known as Lady Jane Dudley (née Grey)
Currently on display as part of the 'On the Nature of Women: Tudor and Jacobean Portraits of Women 1535-1620' at Montacute House in Somerset. See blog 1 May for details. It was reported in May 2008 that a copy of a rare portrait of the young Princess Elizabeth had been discovered in the private collection at Boughton House, Northamptonshire. The portrait shows Henry VIII, his jester Will Somers, Edward, Mary and Elizabeth. See blog 28 May for details. Research by historians Alison Weir and Tracy Borman in the June issue of the BBC History Magazine, suggests that this new portrait of Elizabeth could be used to identify the portrait of an unknown woman owned by the National Portrait Gallery and previously thought to be Lady Jane Grey. They also mention other similar portraits at Syon House, Audley End House and Berry Hill. A New Face for the Virgin Queen by Alison Weir and Tracy Borman (BBC History Magazine, June 2008) The National Portrait Gallery painting can be found in the following:
Lady Jane Grey by Hester W Chapman The Chronicles of the Tudor Queens by David Loades Silent But For The Word: Tudor Women as Patrons, Translators, and Writers of Religious Works edited by Margaret Patterson Hannay Bess of Hardwick: First Lady of Chatsworth by Mary S Lovell The House of Tudor by Alison Plowden Lady Jane Grey: Nine Days Queen by Alison Plowden Aristocrat and Regicide: The Life and Times of Thomas, Lord Grey of Groby by Jeff Richards Tudor and Jacobean Portraits (Volume 2 : Plates) by Roy Strong A New Face for the Virgin Queen by Alison Weir and Tracy Borman (BBC History Magazine, June 2008) And viewed at: Lady Jane Grey: Jane the Quene (Portrait sometimes identified as Lady Jane Grey) |
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