The Execution of Lady Jane Grey: 12 February 1554.

The painting shows the last moments of seventeen-year old Jane Grey proclaimed Queen of England after the death of young King Edward VI a Protestant like her. 

She reigned for just nine days in 1553;  Mary Tudor the Catholic daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, had her convicted of high treason and sentenced to death in the Tower of London.

Henry VIII of England on Horseback 

Henry VIII, second Tudor dynasty king of England and Ireland  (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) is known for his 6 marriages: Catherine of Aragon. Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard and Catherine Parr.
He is also responsible for the separation of England from the Roman Catholic papal authority, but also for the union of England and Wales.