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Portraits of Lady Jane Grey Dudley, England’s ‘Nine Days Queen’

Announcing the publication on 12 February 2024 of a Revised Edition of my book on the portraiture (or ‘iconography,’ in art history terminology) of Jane Grey Dudley!

Available now worldwide through Amazon and other online retailers!

The revised edition includes:

  • A revised introduction that reflects my latest thinking on the succession crisis of 1553
  • An update on the Jersey Portrait that sold at auction in June 2023
  • Two additional portraits, the eBay Portrait and the South Carolina Portrait, that each came to auction after the original edition was published in 2015.
  • New evidence from the recently re-emerged Berry Hill Portrait together with a revision of my analysis of that portrait and the others of the Berry Hill Type
  • Reformatted interior text layout
  • Shorter title
  • Updated cover design
  • 31 full-color plates
  • A total of over 100 full-color illustrations

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‘Plain Jane’: Did Lady Jane Grey Habitually Wear Plain and Somber Attire?

The Jane-ian mythology asserts that Lady Jane Grey habitually wore plain attire in somber colors. This article challenges that myth by tracing its origin and development in the centuries after Jane’s death in 1554. The article was published in ‘Notes & Queries’ Vol. 72, No. 4 (December 2025), directly accessible online at https://doi.org/10.1093/notesj/gjaf106.
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The Final Resting Place of Lady Jane Grey

This article challenges the traditional assumption that Jane Grey was buried in the Chapel of St Peter ad Vincula within the Tower of London. It was published in Oxford’s ‘Notes & Queries,’ 72:1 (March 2025), 32-36.