I went back to the National Portrait Gallery today to see the Lady Jane Dudley (nee Grey) engraving by Willem and Magdalena de Passe. It is now on display in Room 3 next to the ‘Lady Jayne’ portrait.
It is an excellent opportunity to see this engraving!
Please note that the Willem and Magdalena de Passe engraving is no longer on display.
An article by Kim Martineau in the Hartford Courant discusses the ‘Teerlinc’ (Yale miniature) portrait, ‘Lady Jane or Royal Imposter’ and quotes Stephan Edwards.
The article is no longer available.
I went to the National Portrait Gallery today to see the ‘Lady Jayne’ (Streatham portrait). The painting is in Room 3 of the Tudor galleries. As you enter Room 2 you can see the painting at the far end of the next room.
The strong colour of her dress against the dark background pulls you towards it. Up close your eyes are drawn to the prayer book or bible (?) in her hand.
‘…her hair, which is nearly red. Her eyes are sparking and reddish brown in colour.’(Baptisa Spinola, 10 July 1553, from Plowden, 1985)
The sitter has brown eyes and her hair has a reddish tinge to it.
It is the only painting on the wall and on the adjoining wall there is a lot of information about it. The gallery are calling it, ‘A Memorial Portrait of Lady Jane Grey.’
Read about this new portrait at Lady Jane Grey
An article by Colin Gleadell in The Telegraph mentions the ‘Lady Jayne’ (Streatham) and ‘Teerlinc’ (Yale miniature) portraits.
Today I went to the ‘Lost Faces’ exhibition at the Philip Mould Historical Portraits Gallery in London. The exhibition runs until March 18th.
I saw the miniature by Teerlinc. It is beautiful and it was amazing to see it up close.
There is another painting (not officially identified) of Lady Jane Grey included in the exhibition.
There is also a wonderful painting of the young Princess Elizabeth. As well as paintings of Arthur (Prince of Wales), Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Anne of Cleeves, Catherine Howard, Henry VIII and Henry VII.
There is a catalogue of the exhibition available for £20. This has a large copy of the miniature, the other ‘Lady Jane’ painting and several other engravings (not in the exhibition).
