Editing Catherine Parr (section)

==Iconography==
[[Image:Catherine Parr.jpg|thumb|200px|This portrait, originally, and now identified as Catherine Parr, was wrongly identified as Lady Jane Grey for decades.]]
The full-length portrait of Catherine Parr by Master John in the [[National Portrait Gallery, London|National Portrait Gallery]] was for many years thought to represent [[Lady Jane Grey]]. The painting has recently been re-identified as Catherine Parr, with whose name it was originally associated. The full-length format was very rare in portraits of this date, and was usually used only for very important sitters. Lady Jane Grey, although of royal blood, was a relatively obscure child of eight when this was painted ({{circa}} 1545); it was to be another eight years before the short-lived attempt at placing her on the throne. The distinctive crown-shaped jewel the sitter wears can be traced to an inventory of jewels that belonged to Catherine Parr, and the cameo beads appear to have belonged to [[Catherine Howard]], from whom they would have passed to her successor as queen.{{sfn|Williamson|2010|p=91}}{{sfn|Gittings|2006|p=14}}{{sfn|James|1996|pp=20–24}}

Another contemporary painting of Catherine Parr by Master John was likely painted in c.1547–1548, and in the past mistakenly labelled as Mary I or Lady Jane Grey. The painting, from the collection of the earls of Jersey, was thought to be lost in a fire by 1969, but was auctioned at Sotheby's in July 2023.<ref>{{cite web |title=Portrait of Katherine Parr (1512–1548), Queen of England and Ireland |url=https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2023/old-master-19th-century-paintings-evening-auction/portrait-of-katherine-parr-1512-1548-queen-of |publisher=Sotheby's |access-date=2023-09-20}}</ref>