(engraved after G.Sanders 1807)
Lady Caroline Lamb.
Detail from an engraving by W. Finden
Margarita Cogni, Venice 1817
Mary Chaworth, Age 17.
(images found in a flickr set named: 'Lord Byron 1788-1824, poet, philanderer and romantic hero')
There are a lot of great portraits there. I believe they are taken from a compilation for a book to illustrate Byron's life.
Lord Byron and his relationship with Mary Chaworth has sparked my interest a bit. It was his 'first' love and although they spent a lot of time together at the Newstead Abbey (she was a neighbour), they were merely friends and she broke his heart. Later on, when she was unhappily married- she tried to make contact, but he shut down her affections. There is a lot of mention of her in early poems- and his life seemed a lot less complicated back then. Even though, his struggle with his club foot and advances of a nurse lady was worrisome.
Thinking I may focus of an 'innocent' aspect of his life. Maybe look at his childhood- the schools he went to etc. All of this scandal and travel in his life doesn't excite me, like it does others.
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