Lady grey

Paul Delaroche, The Execution of Lady Jane Grey, 1833. Read about this painting, learn the key facts and zoom in to discover more.

How would English history have turned out differently, if Queen Jane had ruled the land?

There are many Earl Grey tea variations out there, including one known as Lady Grey tea. Both of these teas were popularized by the English but they differ.

Title: Lady Jane Grey …

c0ssette: “ The Execution of Lady Jane Grey (detail), Paul Delaroche, 1833. ”

Yes, it finally happened... retirement! There have been times when I didn't think I'd make it but I did. Tomorrow is the first Monday in June that I don't have to be at work at the crack o' dawn in 11 years. Nice... so this afternoon, I made some red pepper hummus (link) because I'm not pushed to get everything done today... A friend gave me some lovely roses last week for my retirement so, this morning, I recut them and gave them some nice fresh water to drink... I imagine it's going to…

Katherine Seymour, Countess of Hertford, with her son Edward, c.1563 Muckinder is a wonderful word for what was basically a cloth to clean children’s faces and hands. Recent costume historians have described it variously, it appears in several of Cunnington’s works (1965), (1970), and (1972), as well as in Anne Buck’s work on children’s clothes (1996) and most recently in the Tudor Child. (Huggett, 2013) According to the online Oxford English Dictionary it appears from around 1420 as a…

Artist: Sir John Gilbert (1817-1897) Year: 1879 Title: The Arrest of Lady Jane Grey Materials: oil on canvas Size: 58 x 45 inches Thoughts: A painting depicting the scene from the 19th July 1553. …

When I grow up, I want to be that old lady with long grey hair, who lives in the corner of the countryside, surrounded by mountains and rivers