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Mar 28 2011

Lord Byron in Albanian Dress, Thomas Phillips

Academician / British / Paintings (Reproductions) / Romanticism - 1 year ago - troycapc

Lord Byron in Albanian Dress, 1835, Thomas Phillips

This is a reproduction of “Lord Byron in Albania Dress” of 1835 by Thomas Phillips.   This masterpiece was created when the artist was sixty-five years old, ten years before his death.  Phillips was well-known for his portraits and historical paintings and served as a professor of Painting at the Academy for the seven years ending in 1832.  Lord Byron had died eleven years before the painting while fighting for Greek Independence.  There were several versions of this painting.  This one is 63.9 cm wide and 76.5 cm high and is in the National Portrait Gallery in London.

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