George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788-1824), Poet
Sitter in 32 portraits
The poet Byron was famous for his swaggering good looks and his brilliant, reckless personality. The publication of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (1812) made him famous overnight. He was also a scathing critic and his Don Juan (1819-24) is the ultimate satire of Regency society. He lived abroad from 1816 in self-imposed exile and became an attraction for English tourists. A lifelong supporter of liberal causes, he joined the Greeks in their fight against Ottoman rule but died of fever in Missolonghi in 1824.
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
by Robert Graves, after James Holmes
stipple engraving, published 1828
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
possibly by Edmond Morin
lithograph, mid 19th century
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
after Alfred, Count D'Orsay
stipple engraving, published 1832
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
by Charles Warren, published by John Samuel Murray, after Thomas Phillips
line engraving printed on silk, published 31 January 1832
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
by Henry Thomas Ryall, after James Holmes
stipple engraving, published 1835
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
by Robert Graves, after Thomas Phillips
line engraving, published 1836
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
by Edward Francis Finden
line engraving, published 1838
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
by Frederick Christian Lewis Sr, and by George Robert Lewis, after Alfred, Count D'Orsay
stipple engraving, published 1845
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron ['Byron contemplating the Coliseum (Colosseum)']
by James Tilbitts Willmore, after William Westall
stipple engraving, circa 1850
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
by Henry Meyer, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after George Henry Harlow
stipple engraving, published 30 January 1816
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
by Charles Turner, published by Colnaghi, Son & Co, after William Edward West
mezzotint, published 5 November 1826
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
by Samuel Freeman, published by Henry Colburn, after Marianne Leigh Hunt
stipple engraving, 1828
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