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Lady Jane Grey is blindfolded and led to the execution block where the executioner waits, axe in hand. Line engraving by P. Mercury after H. Delaroche.
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Lady Jane Grey is blindfolded and led to the execution block where the executioner waits, axe in hand. Line engraving by P. Mercury after H. Delaroche.

Hippolyte Delaroche

CC0 — Public Domain
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Lettering: Jane Gray. Tiré de la Galerie du Prince Anatole Demidoff. Peint par Paul De la Roche. Gravé par P. Mercury

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