Lord Byron is the latest addition to Haddonstone's statuary collection.Famously described as being mad bad and dangerous to know" by Lady Caroline Lamb Byron (1788-1824) was an icon of his age and the subject of a major exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London during 2003.
Haddonstone's Byron is taken from a fine marble original carved by Edward Hodges Baily RA in c. 1826. During his lifetime Byron was much admired for his extraordinary beauty of appearance as well as his poetic genius. Haddonstone's replica captures the very essence of Byron.
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