Lord Byron (1788 - 1824), English poet and a leading member of the Romantic movement (George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS), portrayed by sculptor Richard Charles Belt. The bronze statue is inscribed in small letters: R.C. BELT, Sc. LONDON 1880, and on the front of the supporting base of this monument the name BYRON and on the back the words: ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION 1881, carved in the stone work. The Right Honourable Lord Byron is portrayed with his pet Newfoundland dog named Boatswain sitting at his side. The Byron statue is presently on what has now become over time due to increased roads, an isolated traffic island on south Park Lane between Apsley House and Achilles Way. The traffic island is challenging to reach due to the high volume of fast moving traffic, so Byron's discretely positioned statue may seem lonely and be seldom observed these days but no less lyrical in its secret, but in the middle of everything, hiding place. Park Lane, London, England 8th September 2011
"There's music in all things, if men had ears;
the earth is but the music of the spheres.” Lord Byron
PS: Byron was married briefly to Anne Isabella Byron they had one daughter in their marriage Ada Lovelace English mathematician who worked on Charles Babbage programmable computer (Analytical Engine). Ada Lovelace wrote possibly the first algorithm for Babbage's computer and may have a strong claim to being the first computer programmer.
Date: 08/09/2011
Location: Park Lane, London, UK
Photographer: Richard Keith Wolff
