Portrait of George Gordon Byron, 6th Lord Byron
Date
19th century
Sitter
6th Baron Byron George Gordon Byron (1788 - 1824, British) , Poet
Creator
William Henry Mote (1803 - 1871, British) , Engraver
Creator - Organisation
Fisher Son & Co., Publisher
After
Thomas Phillips (1770 - 1845, British) , Painter
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 212mm
width (print): 133mm
height (paper support): 228mm
width (paper support): 153mm
width (print): 133mm
height (paper support): 228mm
width (paper support): 153mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of George Gordon Byron, 6th Lord Byron inclined to the right as viewed and looking over to the left, his right hand rests on the edge of a table. He wears open necked shirt fastened with a jewel, decorative jacket and cape.
Inscribed ‘T. Phillips, R.A. W.H. Mote. Lord Byron. Fisher, Son & Co London & Paris’ and pencilled ‘1816’.
George Gordon Byron, 6th Lord Byron was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.8
Inscribed ‘T. Phillips, R.A. W.H. Mote. Lord Byron. Fisher, Son & Co London & Paris’ and pencilled ‘1816’.
George Gordon Byron, 6th Lord Byron was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.8
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