Mad, Bad and Dangerous: The Cult of Lord Byron
Lord Byron
by Richard Westall
1813
NPG 4243
Past exhibition archive
20 November 2002 - 16 February 2003
Porter Gallery
Admission Free
A reinterpretation for a new generation, of the continuing fascination of Lord Byron (1788-1824).
Bringing together over 100 works including paintings, photographs, letters, literary manuscripts, memorabilia and examples of Byronic dress, this exhibition explores how Byron's literary fame and social notoriety was fuelled by the many visual representations of the poet. It also examines his influence on leading figures of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries including Oscar Wilde, T.E. Lawrence and W.H Auden as well as the more recent stars of popular culture such as James Dean, Rudolf Valentino and Mick Jagger.
A new biography of Byron by Fiona McCarthy is available, priced £25 hardback.
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Related sitters
- Martin Louis Amis
- Wystan Hugh ('W.H.') Auden
- Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
- George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
- Bruce Chatwin
- Lucian Freud
- Heinrich Heine
- Edward James ('Ted') Hughes
- Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood
- Alphonse Marie Louise Prat de Lamartine
- Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
- Giuseppe Mazzini
- Kenneth Peacock Tynan
- Oscar Wilde
Related artists
- Lorenzo Bartolini
- Caldesi, Blanford & Co
- Noel Chanan
- Louise Dahl-Wolfe
- Samuel Diez
- Elliott & Fry
- Edward Francis Finden
- William Finden
- James Fraser
- James Holmes
- G. Houser
- Ida Kar
- Daniel Maclise
- Henry Meyer
- Thomas Phillips
- Photographische Gesellschaft
- Antony Charles Robert Armstrong Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon
- Sally Soames
- Unknown photographer
- Richard Westall