The painting "The Offer of the Crown to lady Jane Grey" was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1827.

"On the death of Edward VI, in 1553, the Duke of Northumberland, who had long been intriguing to make Lady Jane Grey the successor to the throne, went down to Sion House, near Brentford, where she was then resident, accompanied by her father, the Duke of Suffolk, the Earl of Pembroke, and others of the nobility, to offer her the crown.  ...Lady Jane was at length prevailed on, or rather compelled by the exhortations of her father, the intercessions of her mother, the artful persuasions of Northumberland, and, above all the earnest desires of her husband, -Lord Guilford Dudley - whom she loved tenderly, to comply with what was proposed to her.... Jane and her husband, both standing, occupy the centre of the composition, and on the opposite side of the table is seated her mother, the Duchess of Suffolk; ...the scroll held by one of the nobles may be assumed to be the royal document, or letters-patent, issued by Edward shortly before his death, whereby he set aside the succession of his sisters Mary and Elizabeth."  (Art Journal 1877)
[Some foxing on the border, which will be concealed by matting/framing.]