This image of the execution is based on an engraving by Cruikshank, originally published in Harrison Ainsworth's Towers of London.
Death of Lady Jane Grey
February 12, 1554
Lady Jane Grey, having proven to be a focus for resistance to the reign of the new queen Mary I of England, was executed on Tower Hill, London. Her husband, Lord Guildford Dudley, was also beheaded.
Artist's conception (Cruikshank) of the execution of Lady Jane Grey on Tower Hill, London, February 12, 1554.
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