George Gordon Byron

English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)

English: George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (January 22, 1788 – April 19, 1824), commonly known as Lord Byron, was the most widely read English language poet of his day.

Français : George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron, poète britannique né le 22 janvier 1788, mort le 19 avril 1824.

Portrait gallery

Lord Byron

Dessin de Byron par Harlow
Lord Byron
Lord Byron in Albanian dress, by Thomas Phillips, painted in 1813.
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Joseph-Denis Odevaere: Lord Byron on his Death-bed (1826)
Byron's signature, engraved on a pillar of

Family

Catherine Gordon, his mother
Grandfather John Byron
Wife Annabella

Daughter Ada Lovelace
Ada
Ada
Illegitimate daughter Allegra

Lovers

Lady Caroline Lamb
Elizabeth Medora Leigh
Claire Clairmont, Allegra's mother

Memorials

Plaque in London
Memorial in Missolonghi
memorial in Athens
Memorial in the park of the Villa Borghese
Stamp from Soviet Union

Byron abroad

Byron at Missolonghi

Literature

Category:Joseph Emanuel Hilscher - Gedichte (contains many translations of his poems to German language)

Poem „Die Schönheit“

Illustrations of Byron's works

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage

First page to the Dugdale edition
Turner, 1826

The Giaour

Eugène Delacroix, The Combat of the Giaour and Hassan, 1826, Art Institute of Chicago
Eugène Delacroix, Combat of the Giaour and the Pasha, 1833, Musée du Petit Palais, Paris

The Bride of Abydos

Eugène Delacroix, Selim et Zuleika, or La fiancée d'Abydos, 1857, Kimbell Art Museum.

The corsair

Charles Wynne Nicholls The Parting Of Conrad And Medora

The Prisoner of Chillon

Eugène Delacroix
Franck-Edouard Lossier

Mazeppa

Géricault
Book illustration

Manfred

Johann Peter Krafft
Peter Cole, 1833
John Martin, 1837
Manfred sur la Jungfrau par Ford Maddox Brown

Sardanapalus

Delacroix

Don Juan

Ford Maddox Brown, Haydee and Don Juan
Delacroix, La Barque de don Juan

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