Miniature of Lord Byron
painter
Unknown
subject
George Gordon Byron, Baron Byron
(London, 1788 - 1824, Missolonghi, Greece)
Date19th century
Place MadeEngland, Europe
MediumOpaque watercolor on paper
Dimensions12 x 9 cm (4 1/2 x 3 9/16 in.)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston
Accession numberP27e54
eMuseum ID729981
EmbARK ObjectID22884
TMS Source ID8287
Last Updated8/14/24
Status
Not on viewWeb CommentaryIsabella Stewart Gardner was an avid reader of poetry and kept a copy of Lord Byron’s breakthrough poetic narrative, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, in her personal library. This portrait is exhibited in the Long Gallery.
ProvenanceNotesPurchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner's husband John Lowell Gardner, Jr. (1837-1898), Venice in 1886 for 20 lire.
