The ‘Lady Jayne’ Streatham portrait will be on display in Australia as part of the ‘Tudors to Windsors’ exhibition at the ‘Bendigo Art Gallery’, Victoria.
Lady Jane Dudley (née Grey)
(c) National Portrait Gallery
‘Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits’ runs from 16th March until 14th July 2019.
For more information about the exhibition and to buy tickets: Tudors to Windsors: Bendigo Art Gallery
‘Matilda was a daughter, wife, and mother. But she was also empress, heir to the English crown–the first woman ever to hold the position–and an able military general.
This new biography explores Matilda’s achievements as military and political leader, and sets her life and career in full context. Catherine Hanley provides fresh insight into Matilda’s campaign to claim the title of queen, her approach to allied kingdoms and rival rulers, and her role in the succession crisis. Hanley highlights how Matilda fought for the throne, and argues that although she never sat on it herself her reward was to see her son become king. Extraordinarily, her line has continued through every single monarch of England or Britain from that time to the present day.’
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‘First-born son of a warrior father who defeated the French at Agincourt, Henry VI of the House Lancaster inherited the crown not only of England but also of France, at a time when Plantagenet dominance over the Valois dynasty was at its glorious height.
And yet, by the time he was done to death in the Tower of London in 1471, France was lost, his throne had been seized by his rival, Edward IV of the House of York, and his kingdom had descended into the violent chaos of the Wars of the Roses.
Henry VI is perhaps the most troubled of English monarchs, a pious, gentle, well-intentioned man who was plagued by bouts of mental illness. In Shadow King, Lauren Johnson tells his remarkable and sometimes shocking story in a fast-paced and colourful narrative that captures both the poignancy of Henry’s life and the tumultuous and bloody nature of the times in which he lived.’
Further details – Lauren Johnson
‘Anne of Cleves: Henry VIII’s Unwanted Wife’ by Sarah-Beth Watkins added to the Other Biographies section of the bibliography.
Entries added to the following:
Art – Paintings – Delaroche.
Writings of Lady Jane Grey – Speech from Scaffold.
Primary Accounts – Spinola.
The Collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London, is renowned for its portraits from the Tudor and Jacobean eras, many of which are on display at the Gallery or at Montacute House, our regional partner in Somerset. This book presents portrai ts of key individuals from this period , from the monarchs and members of the ruling elite to the writers, artists and artisans that characterised the literary and artistic flourishing of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
An introductory essay provides important historical context, and the ninety works selected from the collections of the National Portrait Gallery and National Trust are accompanied by extended captions exploring the sitter and artist’s significance to the period and technical information about the portrait . The publication features sections on Tudor monarchs, the Stuarts, courtiers, the family in portraiture, and iconography.
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