"The Burning of Lord Byron's Memoirs"
Lord Byron's memoirs were burnt on this day, in 1824. Here is my painting mourning what was lost, and Byron haunting Hobby-O as he should.
May we find a copy one day! β¨οΈ
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NEW BOOK FOR THE BYRON SHELF!!
Tessa de Loo's journey to Albania, and how she travelled, quite literally, in Byron's footsteps β€οΈ she even addresses him, as she writes. Can't wait to read it, I feel it's going to be one of those special, glittering books
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New Byron books!! (So happy + more for the ever growing Byron shelf)
"Turner and Byron" by David Blayney Brown
"Lady Caroline Lamb : This Infernal Woman" by Susan Normington
"The Byrons and Trevanions" by A. L. Rowse
So excited to read them all in good time!!
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It's Lord Byron's Death Day today β and as I was just surprised with a beautiful handmade pipe from Albania, I thought β His Lordship hasn't smoked an Albanian pipe in TWO HUNDRED years!! Why not?? π
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Hello everyone!!
I haven't posted here in some time, but it's Byron's death anniversary tomorrow, and I wanted to share these drawings I did yesterday of a Napoleonic Byron.
Or, "The Grand Napoleon of the Realms of Rhyme," if you will π
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"Lord Byron With His Pet Geese in Genoa, 1822"
Drew this after reading that Teresa wrote that the three geese had a habit of following him about π«Ά
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HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE!! β¨οΈπ«Ά
I hope everyone is having a splendid day!
And if anyone was wondering, what was Lord Byron up to on (some) Christmases throughout his life ... I just posted about it on my Instagram, @ thebyronicmuses
A small Byronic Xmas treat!
My painting of The Travelling Lord Byron Smoking a Pipe π (with some comments by me) also featured in the latest edition of The Netherlands Byron Society's Newsletter!
I'm honestly so honoured!!
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Very honoured today to have recieved the latest edition of The Byron Society of the Netherlands' newsletter, also containing my latest article "Encountering Byron in Albania: Snippets From my Travels."
It was a joy to write, and I'm so thrilled to see it in print!!
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