Lord George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (1788-1824) in the uniform of a Greek patriot, including a cavalry helmet which he designed himself, based on descriptions of armour in Homer's Iliad. Byron supported the Greeks in their War of Independence against the Turks
Picture No
10000996
Media ID
47150616
Size
3150px x 4539px
(2.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
unnamed artist in Harper's monthly magazine February 1894 page 369
Date
circa 1823
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1823 Byron Chinstrap Greeks Homer Idealism Idealistic Iliad Nationalism Patriot Turks
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