This print portrays Lord Byron as the quintessential Romantic poet. He sits in three-quarter view, his face turned in profile to the left and resting on his right hand in the archetypal thinking pose. His short curly hair is slightly ruffled, and he wears an elegant shirt that is slightly open at the neck, a rumpled coat, and a cape draped over his left shoulder. A clasp or pin at his collar is his sole ornament. Byron appears to be sitting in a cave that opens onto a sublime landscape, dimly seen, of mountains, rugged terrain, moonlight, and clouds.3This print portrays Lord Byron as the quintessential Romantic poet. He sits in three-quarter view, his face turned in profile to the left and resting on his right hand in the archetypal thinking pose. His short curly hair is slightly ruffled, and he wears an elegant shirt that is slightly open at the neck, a rumpled coat, and a cape draped over his left shoulder. A clasp or pin at his collar is his sole ornament. Byron appears to be sitting in a cave that opens onto a sublime landscape, dimly seen, of mountains, rugged terrain, moonlight, and clouds.
