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George Gordon Byron’s Life in Pictures

Dr. Prof. Se-Soon LeeChung-Ang University

May 2004

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Scanned and edited by Se-Soon Lee.

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Portrait of Lord Byron by Richard Westall, 1813

hangs at the National Portrait Gallery, London

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Byron in his Cambridgedays

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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byronby T. Blood, after Richard Westall stipple engraving,published 1814

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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byronby Henry Hoppner Meyer, after George Henry Harlow,published 1816(stipple engraving)

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The famous profile portrait of the young Byron, 1818

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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byronby Lorenzo Bartolinimarble bust,1822

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A sketch of Lord Byron, 1822

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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byronby Thomas Woolnoth, after Thomas Charles Wagemanstipple engraving,published 1824

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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byronby J. Bouvier, after Unknown artistDate: published 1825Medium: lithographMeasurements: 15 1/4 in. x 9 in. (386 mm x 230 mm) paper size

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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byronby Francis Engleheart, after William Edward Westline engraving,published 1827

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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byronafter Alfred, Count D'Orsaystipple engraving,published 1832

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Byron in Albanian dress, painting by Thomas Phillips, c.1835

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Byron in his twenties

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Byron, about the time he entered Cambridge

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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byronby Henry Thomas Ryall, after James Holmesstipple engraving,published 1835

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Byron’s family and his favorites

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George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byronby Nicolas-Eustache Maurin, after Richard WestallMedium: lithographMeasurements: 15 in. x 10 7/8 in. (381 mm x 276 mm)

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Byron’s signature

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The Byron family coat of arms

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Byron’s father, Captain John Byron

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Byron’s mother, Catherine Gordon Byron

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Byron’s grandfather, Admiral Byron

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Byron in 1812, the year he met Annabella Milbanke

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Annabella Milbanke, Byron’s wife

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Byron’s lover (1812) in page’s costume:Lady Caroline Lamb

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Byron’s confidante:

Elizabeth, Lady Melbourne

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Byron’s sister and rumored lover:Augusta Leigh

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Byron’s lover & mother of his daughter Allegra: Claire Clairmont

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Byron’s friend & fellow poet: Percy Shelley

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Byron’s lover in Venice: Margarita Conti

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Byron’s first love: Mary Chaworth

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Byron’s last love:Contessa Teresa Guiccioli

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Augusta Ada Byron, Byron’s daughter with Annabella Milbanke Byron, afterward became Ada Byron King, countess of Lovelace(1815-1852). She was the first female computer programmer.

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Ada Byron in her young days

37Byron’s gravestone in Greece

38The church Byron used to attend

39The church Byron used to attend

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Lord Byron’s gravestone

41The gravestone of Lord Byron

42The gravestone of Lord Byron in detail

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(Picture by Androom, 13 Aug 1997) Although his body was refused there in July 1824, in later years Westminster Abbey allowed a memorial for the poet.

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(Picture by Androom, 10 Aug 1997)The inscription on Lady Byron’s grave reads:

Ann Isabella Noel Byron Born at Seaham In the County of Durham 17th May 1792 died 16th May 1860

45Chillon Castle in Geneve inspired Byron to write his “Chillon”

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Chillon Castle in Geneve inspired Byron to write his “Chillon”

47Chillon Castle in Geneve inspired Byron to write his “Chillon”

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Newstead Abbey was in fact a priory, the home of Augustinian Canons from the time of its foundation in 1163. The house is best known as the home of the Lord Byron, the famous poet, but it was sourly neglected during his time there. Fortunately, debts forced him to sell up to an old school friend who affected a complete restoration. It was given to the local council in 1931. The estate now forms a public park and the house is open to the public.

                                                      

                  

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Newstead Abbey is a beautiful historic house set in a landscape of gardens and parkland within the heart of Nottinghamshire.

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Probably most famous as the home of Lord Byron, the poet, at the beginning of the 19 th century, Newstead Abbey estate was first granted to Sir John Byron following the Dissolution in 1540. Largely Victorian in appearance, this romantic manor house was created around the 12th century Augustinian priory, with most of the building materials being quarried from the demolished church. All that survives is the beautiful 13 th century west front that now enhances the house's unusual façade.

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Once an Augustinian priory founded during the reign of Henry II, has 330 acres of park-land with some features dating back to monastic times. The monks’ “stew pond” is sur-rounded by ancient yew trees, just as it was 800 years ago. Bought and converted into a country house by the Byron family after the Dissolution of 1539, Newstead’s appearance today owes much to the work of the 4th and 5th Lords.

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By 1817, the social and financial pressures forced Byron to sell Newstead Abbey to his friend Colonel Thomas Wildman. The poet did little to the park when he inherited Newstead. It was left to his successor to create the walled garden and the beautiful Garden Lake. Today, the lake feeds the stream flowing through the Jananese Garden complete with tiny stone bridges, lily ponds and temples. This exquisite creation was the work of Mary Ethel Webb, African explorer and friend of Dr. Livingstone, was keen to preserve the connections with the infamous poet.

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Newstead Abbey, Morris, c.1880. NEWSTEAD ABBEY. A coloured chromolithograph of the Abbey. With original page of descritive text. 7 1/2 x 5 inches. Mounted. Good condition.

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