In the summer of 1553, a girl of around 16 was proclaimed the queen of England. Her name was Lady Jane Grey, and she ruled for just nine days before being executed at the Tower of London. Her reign ...

I can count on one hand the number of times I've finished watching a film for the first time and immediately turned around to ...

The rare artwork is now returning on loan to Wrest Park, a historic 18th-century estate that lies ... at the shadows of a once more royal portrait of Lady Jane Grey, toned down into subdued ...

For a long time, the double portrait at Scone Palace was labelled with only one name - "the Lady Elizabeth Murray". It was not until as recently as the early 1990s that the identity of Lady ...

Portrait of a lady, traditionally identified as Jane Spencer, three-quarter length, wearing a silver coloured dress and blue wrap, standing in a landscape, Early 18th Century Oil on canvas ...

Now, researchers believe they may have identified the only known portrait ... of Lady Jane Grey. It remained “the defining image” of England’s shortest reigning monarch until 21st-century ...

Angelika Kauffmann was an Austrian painter best known for her Neoclassical portraits of 18th-century British high society and historical paintings. Born on October 30, 1741 in Graubünden, Switzerland, ...

Romney was one of the leading society portrait painters of 18th-century Britain and his paintings ... his Study of a seated lady and Study of a standing woman both sold for £1,664 ($2,105 ...