Stunning pair of oil paintings of Lord Byron and his lover Lady Caroline Lamb. Painted by artist John Hirst in 1975, oil on board. 107 cm x 91 cm. Both in matching frames. Some small bits of Gesso missing and a few whitish dots on Lady Carolines painting (not sure if they are part of the painting). Overall both are in very good condition for age. George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron. (22 January 1788 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron , was an English poet. Who became a revolutionary. In the Greek War of Independence. And is considered one of the historical leading figures of the Romantic movement. He is regarded as one of the greatest English poets. And remains widely read and influential. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan. And Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Many of his shorter lyrics in Hebrew Melodies. He travelled extensively across Europe, especially in Italy. Where he lived for seven years in the cities of Venice, Ravenna and Pisa. During his stay in Italy he frequently visited his friend and fellow poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Later in life Byron joined the Greek War of Independence. Fighting the Ottoman Empire. And died of disease leading a campaign during that war, for which Greeks. Revere him as a national hero. He died in 1824 at the age of 36 from a fever contracted after the First. And Second Siege of Missolonghi. His only legitimate child, Ada Lovelace. Is regarded as a foundational figure in the field of computer programming. Based on her notes for Charles Babbage. Byron’s illegitimate children include Allegra Byron. Who died in childhood, and possibly Elizabeth Medora Leigh. About Lady Caroline Lamb and Byron. From March to August 1812, Lady Caroline embarked on a well-publicized affair with Lord Byron. He was 24, she 26. The pair had first met in the Holland House. Originally known as Cope Castle, five miles south-west of London. She had spurned the attention of the poet on their first meeting, subsequently giving Byron what became his lasting epitaph when she described him as “mad, bad, and dangerous to know”. Lady Caroline Lamb claimed she coined the phrase after her first meeting with the poet at a society event in 1812, and this was later reported by her friend, Lady Morgan (in her memoirs), although, as Paul Douglass notes in his biography, there is no contemporary evidence to prove Lady Caroline actually created the famous phrase at the time. Byron’s response to her enticements (she wrote him a fan letter) was to visit her because of her high social status as a niece of the Duchess of Devonshire, and then to pursue her passionately. Lady Caroline and Lord Byron publicly decried each other as they privately pledged their love over the following months. Byron referred to Lamb as “Caro”, which she adopted as her public nickname. After Byron broke things off, her husband took the disgraced and desolated Lady Caroline to Ireland. The distance did not cool Lady Caroline’s interest in the poet; she and Byron corresponded constantly during her exile. This spurred increasingly public attempts to reunite with her former lover. Matters came to a head at Lady Heathcote’s ball in early July 1813, when Byron publicly insulted Lady Caroline, who responded by breaking a wine glass and trying to slash her wrists. She did not seriously injure herself, due largely to the prompt intervention of her mother-in-law, and it is most unlikely that she had any suicidal intentions; but polite society was scandalised, and her mental stability was called into question. Byron himself referred to it as a theatrical performance: “Lady Caroline performed the dagger scene” a reference to Macbeth. Lady Caroline’s obsession with Byron would define much of her later life, as well as influencing both her and Byron’s works. They would write poems in the style of each other, about each other, and even embed overt messages to one another in their verse. After a thwarted visit to Byron’s home, Lady Caroline wrote Remember Me! Into the flyleaf of one of Byron’s books. He responded with the hate poem; Remember thee! Till Lethe quench life’s burning stream; Remorse and shame shall cling to thee, And haunt thee like a feverish dream! Ay, doubt it not. Thy husband too shall think of thee! By neither shalt thou be forgot, Thou false to him, thou fiend to me! Her cousin Harriet by then Lady Granville. , with whom Lady Caroline’s relationship had deteriorated after childhood, visited her in December 1816 and was so incredulous at her unrepentant behaviour that she ended her description of the visit in a letter to her sister with: I mean my visits to be annual. The item “Huge Pair of Oil Paintings. Lord Byron and his lover Lady Caroline lamb. Large” is in sale since Sunday, December 8, 2019. This item is in the category “Art\Paintings”. The seller is “brittany1969″ and is located in Newark. This item can be shipped to United Kingdom, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Australia, United States, Bahrain, Canada, Brazil, Japan, New Zealand, China, Israel, Hong Kong, Norway, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Bolivia, Barbados, Brunei darussalam, Cayman islands, Ecuador, Egypt, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, French guiana, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Macao, Monaco, Maldives, Martinique, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Paraguay, Reunion, Saudi arabia, South africa, United arab emirates, Bahamas, Colombia, Jamaica, Kuwait, Panama, Qatar, Uruguay, Viet nam.

• Size: Large (up to 60in.)
• Medium: Oil
• Subject: Byron