| Method | Mezzotint |
| Artist | Frederick Christian Lewis after Count Alfred Guillaume Gabriel d'Orsay |
| Published | London, Published May 10th 1845, for the Proprietor, by Henry Graves & Co. Pall Mall __ also by John Mitchell, Old Bond St, Goupil & Vibert, Paris. Deposé |
| Dimensions | Image 395 x 315 mm, Plate 535 x 405 mm, Sheet 613 x 468 |
| Notes |
An uncommon half-length portrait of Byron in a boat leaning on his right hand, his elbow on oar. Byron is dressed in an dark jacket with pale shirt and wait coat and wearing a dark cravat. Proof before title with facsimile signature of Byron and printseller's blindstamp. George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22nd January 1788 - 19th April 1824) was a celebrated British poet and leading figure of the British Romantic movement. A legend in his own lifetime throughout Europe, Byron was famous for his good looks and his brilliant, reckless personality. A poet of travel and romance, and a scintillating satirist, he lived abroad from 1816 in self-imposed exile and died of fever at Missolonghi where he had joined the Greeks in their fight for independence from Turkish rule. Byron's tragic demise placed the poet alongside his departed friends and fellow poets, Keats and Shelley, and secured his immortality with the British public. Frederick Christian Lewis (1779 -1856) was a British printmaker, and sometimes painter, who specialised in aquatint and reproducing drawings. Lewis was 'Engraver of Drawings to the Queen.' Numerous members of the Lewis family were involved in printmaking, publishing, and painting, including his brother Charles, and his sons John Frederick, Charles George, and Frederick Christian Jnr. Having studied under J.C. Stadler, he worked initially for Ottley, and then for many years for Thomas Lawrence. Count Alfred Guillaume Gabriel d'Orsay (1801 - 1852) was a French amateur artist and dandy. Condition: Some minor foxing, water stain in upper left corner of sheet, not affecting image |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £300.00 |
| Stock ID | 39400 |