English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)

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Poets and dramatists: twenty portraits. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.

Lord Byron: "The careful pilot of my proper woe" / by Henry R. Rollin.

William Macready in character as Werner in the play Werner by Lord Byron. Engraving by C.W. Sharpe after D. Maclise.

Medical biographies : the ailments of thirty-three famous persons / by Philip Marshall Dale ; foreword by Howard F. Stein.

My amiable mamma : the biography of Mrs. Catherine Gordon Byron the mother of the poet George Gordon, 6th Lord Byron / by Megan Boyes.

The prisoner of Chillon : a poem / by Lord Byron.

Poems on domestic circumstances ; containing 'Fare thee well', 'A sketch from private life', and ... other ... poems. To which are prefixed memoirs of the life of the author ... / by the Rev. J. Nightingale.

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Lord Byron

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The prisoner of Chillon : a poem / by Lord Byron.

Poems on domestic circumstances ; containing 'Fare thee well', 'A sketch from private life', and ... other ... poems. To which are prefixed memoirs of the life of the author ... / by the Rev. J. Nightingale.

Lord Byron

Images from the collections

Images featuring Lord Byron

Works from the collections

The prisoner of Chillon : a poem / by Lord Byron.

Poems on domestic circumstances ; containing 'Fare thee well', 'A sketch from private life', and ... other ... poems. To which are prefixed memoirs of the life of the author ... / by the Rev. J. Nightingale.

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