Byron, George Gordon Noel, Lord
Watercolour of Athens and a large collection of prints, comprising
£1,500
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 2 February 2022 at 10:00 GMT
Description
60 engraved or lithographed portraits of Byron, various sizes, some mounted, from 16 x 11cm to 38 x 33cm, occasional slight spotting, a few slightly creased; 20 Byron related engravings; Watercolour of the Castle of Chillon, Lake Geneva, 11 x 15.8cm, mounted; 44 other engravings of Leigh Hunt, Shelley, William Godwin, Admiral Napier, including 4 engravings for The Satirist: The Reformers Dinner, 1809; John Bull in a Fever, 1809; Feast of the Board of Management, 1809; The Robbing Hood Debating Society, 1809; a few hand-coloured; Nugent-Grenville, George, 2nd Baron Nugent, [Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands 1832-35], ascribed to. Watercolour, captioned on verso 'View of the Areopagus & sacred road from under Acropolis', 30 x 44cm, loosely mounted, slightly spotted
Footnote
Provenance: From the Library of the Late William St Clair