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 Richard Westall
oil on canvas, 1813
On display at Dove Cottage & Wordsworth Museum, Grasmere
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
after Richard Westall
oil on canvas, (1813)
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
by Lorenzo Bartolini
marble bust, 1822
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
replica by Thomas Phillips
oil on canvas, circa 1835 (1813)
On display in Room 18 at the National Portrait Gallery
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
by Nicolas Eustache Maurin, after Richard Westall
lithograph, (1813)
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
by Nicolas Eustache Maurin, printed by François Le Villain, after Richard Westall
lithograph, (1813)
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
by Thomas Blood, published by James Asperne, after Richard Westall
stipple engraving, published 1814
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
by Charles Turner, published by Anthony Molteno, after Richard Westall
mezzotint, published 15 July 1815 (1813)
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
by Charles Turner, published by Anthony Molteno, after Richard Westall
mezzotint, published 15 July 1815 (1813)
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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 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 Henry Meyer, after James Holmes
stipple engraving printed in colours, 1818
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
by William Finden, after Thomas Phillips
stipple engraving, 1820s-1840s (1814)
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
by Raphael Morghen, after Lorenzo Bartolini
line engraving, 1822
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
by Unknown artist
three wax seal impressions on paper, 1915 (before 1824)
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
by Thomas Woolnoth, after Thomas Charles Wageman
stipple engraving, published 1824
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
by Thomas Goff Lupton, published by William Bernard Cooke, after Thomas Phillips
mezzotint, published 20 November 1824 (1814)
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
by and published by Henry Meyer, after James Holmes
stipple engraving, published 8 November 1824
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
by François Simonau, for Joseph Bouvier, published by Adam Friedel
lithograph, published February 1825
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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
by Francis Engleheart, after William Edward West
line engraving, published 1827
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