Lady Jane Grey Preparing for Execution (painting)
- Lady Jane Grey Preparing for Execution (painting)
"Lady Jane Grey Preparing for Execution" is an 1835 oil painting by the American artist George Whiting Flagg which established his early fame. This fame was however to dwindle as a consequence of a decline in the role of historical painting in American art. It was originally meant to represent Mary, Queen of Scots, but Flagg decided to change it to Lady Jane Grey in mid-work. In a letter to Lumen Reed on June 16 1834, he said:
:"I have changed the name of my picture to Lady Jane Gray ["sic"] . I find that Mary was too old at the time of her exicution ["sic"] to make an interesting picture."
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