Letter accompanying a portrait of Lady Jane Grey [not included]
Reference code
SAL/01/02/06/01
Title
Letter accompanying a portrait of Lady Jane Grey [not included]
Date
c February 1806
Level of description
item
Extent and format
2 pp
Scope and content
Letter from William Skeffington introducing a portrait which he claims is of Lady Jane Grey.
Mentioned in the minutes for 6th Feb 1806: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.031.001
A Tudor blog gives a comprehensive history of the ‘Skeffington Portrait’, noting that at one point it was in the collections of the Society of Antiquaries before being lost from the collection: https://ladyjanegreyrevisited.com/2020/02/08/the-skeffington-portrait/#:~:text=It%20is%20quite%20possible%20that,in%20fact%20depict%20Jane%20Grey.
It is now in the collection of Tatton Park, owned by the National Trust, and is believed to depict Anne Askew, while also having being claimed to depict Queen Mary I at one point: https://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/1298241
Mentioned in the minutes for 6th Feb 1806: https://collections.sal.org.uk/sal.02.031.001
A Tudor blog gives a comprehensive history of the ‘Skeffington Portrait’, noting that at one point it was in the collections of the Society of Antiquaries before being lost from the collection: https://ladyjanegreyrevisited.com/2020/02/08/the-skeffington-portrait/#:~:text=It%20is%20quite%20possible%20that,in%20fact%20depict%20Jane%20Grey.
It is now in the collection of Tatton Park, owned by the National Trust, and is believed to depict Anne Askew, while also having being claimed to depict Queen Mary I at one point: https://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/1298241
Creator
Skeffington, William