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Edward Harrison May

Nationality
English, active United States and France
Life Dates
1824-1887

Harrison May was born in Croydon, England, but moved to New York City as a child with his father, a Dutch Reformed minister. He started out studying civil engineering, but soon decided to become a painter. In 1863, at the height of the American Civil War, he might have seen Lady Jane Gray as a symbol of sacrifice and martyrdom to the larger causes of the nation.

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Edward Harrison May: Lady Jane Grey Going to her Execution (1864) Oil on canvas

Lady Jane Grey Going to her Execution