Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron (afterwards Noel, poet, known as 'Lord Byron') (1788-1824)
Dates
- Existence: 1788 - 1824
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
Commonplace Book containing drawings of scenery, characters, flora and fauna and miscellanous verse.
This volume contains numerous illustrations including the `Costume of the Ladies of Edinburgh, Spring 1828`, a drawing of the Water of Leith, a man in Albanian costume in southern Italy, the ruins of a Roman temple in Palmyra in Syria, together with flora and fauna. There are also verses from Shakespeare, Byrone, Washington Irving, Sir Walter Raleigh, Milton and James Thomson.
Letter, 1824, of Lord Byron to Sir John Bowring.
With four letters, 1824 and 1828, concerning Byron, and a manuscript of his last poem, undated.
Letter of Lady Caroline Lamb to John Cam Hobhouse.
Lamb refers to performance of 'the Tragedy' [Byron's Marino Faliero, Doge of Venice]. Lamb also asks Hobhouse to send her one of Byron's poems ‘pray send me the lines Ld Byron wrote to Mr. Moore upon his going away in the Boat' and refers to a 'commission' she had undertaken on Hobhouse's behalf.
Letter of Lord Byron to James Perry.
Letter dated 26 February 1816, of Lord Byron to James Perry, editor of the "Morning Chronicle", offering the ode ‘We do not curse thee Waterloo!’ for publication. Byron's poem appeared in the "Morning Chronicle" on 15 March 1816 with a note by Byron suggesting that the author was Chateaubriand.
Published in Leslie Marchand, Byron's Letters and Journals, vol. V, pp. 33-34.
Manuscript of Cantos I and II of 'Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage: a Romaunt', by Lord Byron.
Composed between 1809 and 1811, Cantos I and II of 'Childe Harold's Pilgrimmage' were published by John Murray in March 1812.
Manuscript of cantos I, II and V of 'Don Juan' by Lord Byron.
The first canto is dated Venice September 16th 1818, the fifth canto is dated Ravenna, October 16th 1820. Originally intended as a neat copy for the printer the manuscript became a working copy as Byron made subsequent revisions and additions.
Manuscripts of Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott, and Lord Byron from the Library of Honresfield House.
Visitors' book for the Byron family vault.
Created by Sir John Bowring (1792-1872) writer, diplomat and secretary of the secretary of the London Greek Committee, as a memorial book for visitors to the family vault of Lord Byron (1788-1824 in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. It contains over 800 visitors entries, recording date of visit and name, and often hometown and occupation, along with 28 poetic and 36 prose inscriptions.
Volume containing a letter of Lord Byron to Sir John Bowring, 1824; four letters concerning Byron, 1824 and 1828; and a manuscript of his last poem.
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