Monday, March 2, 2015

Lord Byron

Description of Illustration: fully restored Victorian scrap of Lord Byron, portrait, bust only, die cut.

Byron lived in the during the "pre-Victorian era" but the Victorians loved to read him, quote him, publish him and as you can see, illustrated him.

George Gordon Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), commonly known simply as Lord Byron, was an English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement. Among Byron's best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and the short lyric She Walks in Beauty. Read more . . .
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2 comments:

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  2. The Victorians found Lord Byron very fascinating as well.

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