Lord Byron
(1788-1824), PoetGeorge Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
Regency Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 37 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.
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by Richard Westall
oil on canvas, 1813
NPG 4243
after Richard Westall
oil on canvas, early 19th century, based on a work of 1813
NPG 1047
replica by Thomas Phillips
oil on canvas, circa 1835, based on a work of 1813
NPG 142
by Lorenzo Bartolini
marble bust, 1822
NPG 1367
after George Sanders (Saunders)
albumen carte-de-visite, circa 1860s (1808-1809)
NPG x197495
by Nicolas Eustache Maurin, after Richard Westall
lithograph, (1813)
NPG D32520
by Nicolas Eustache Maurin, printed by François Le Villain, after Richard Westall
lithograph, (1813)
NPG D7811
by Thomas Blood, published by James Asperne, after Richard Westall
stipple engraving, published 1814
NPG D1159
by Charles Turner, published by Anthony Molteno, after Richard Westall
mezzotint, published 15 July 1815 (1813)
NPG D32519
by Charles Turner, published by Anthony Molteno, after Richard Westall
mezzotint, published 15 July 1815 (1813)
NPG D2831
by Henry Meyer, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after George Henry Harlow
stipple engraving, published 30 January 1816
NPG D32518
by Henry Meyer, published by T. Cadell & W. Davies, after George Henry Harlow
stipple engraving, published 30 January 1816
NPG D1158
by Henry Meyer, after James Holmes
stipple engraving printed in colours, 1818
NPG D9055
by William Finden, after Thomas Phillips
stipple engraving, 1820s-1840s (1814)
NPG D7608
by Raphael Morghen, after Lorenzo Bartolini
line engraving, 1822
NPG D17067
by Richard James Lane, published by John Mitchell, after Alfred, Count D'Orsay
lithograph, (May 1823)
NPG D45921
by Thomas Woolnoth, after Thomas Charles Wageman
stipple engraving, published 1824
NPG D1161
by Thomas Goff Lupton, published by William Bernard Cooke, after Thomas Phillips
mezzotint, published 20 November 1824 (1814)
NPG D18731
by and published by Henry Meyer, after James Holmes
stipple engraving, published 8 November 1824
NPG D19968
by François Simonau, for Joseph Bouvier, published by Adam Friedel
lithograph, published February 1825
NPG D13785
Related People
- Anne Isabella, Lady Byron (wife)
- Frederick George Byron (uncle)
- John Byron (grandfather)
- (Augusta) Ada King (née Byron), Countess of Lovelace (daughter)
- Ralph Gordon Noel King Milbanke, 2nd Earl of Lovelace (grandson)
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