tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122296933621146875.post3308131116392435224..comments2024-03-28T06:53:08.890+00:00Comments on The Writing Desk: Mystery of the 'Lady Jane Grey' Portrait at Grimsthorpe Castletonyricheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18169101546380473710noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4122296933621146875.post-42575943364231960052019-09-16T05:26:43.555+01:002019-09-16T05:26:43.555+01:00It certainly looks like other portraits of Lady Ja...It certainly looks like other portraits of Lady Jane Grey, doesn't it? As far as the pendant goes, although it's hard to see, the raised hand makes me think of the many depictions of the death of Socrates. Sir Thomas Chaloner (or Challoner) , in his poem<br />‘Elegy on the Death of Lady Jane Grey’ alluded to the Socratic way that Lady Jane met her death:<br /><br />"And keeping steadfast spirits in the final moments,<br />or until she had departed to the unfamiliar Socratic funeral pyres."<br /><br />And I think Lady Jane was a scholar of the classics? <br /><br />Also, you could probably draw some similarity between Socrates and both Jane getting shafted by the powers of the state. <br /><br />But although it's hard to see, it doesn't look like an old man, as Socrates was at his death, but perhaps it is a depiction of Jane herself as a Socrates-figure accepting the cup of death? Which would kind of go along with the hidden meanings and symbolism hidden in paintings. <br /><br />Or I could be totally off the mark and not have a clue. Lol. Interesting article though. <br /> Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13122220377048739053noreply@blogger.com