The Reception of Lord Byron at Missolonghi
Theodoros Vryzakis · 1861
Why it's great
The famous English poet Lord Byron is welcomed at Missolonghi in Greece in January 1824, when he came to help the Greek war for independence. He died there of fever a few months later. Theodoros Vryzakis painted the welcome in 1861.
🏛️ Part of history
Independence & Revolutions (1820–1848) (1820–1848) — The famous English poet Lord Byron is welcomed at Missolonghi in Greece in January 1824, when he came to help the Greek war for independence.
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Theodoros Vryzakis was a Greek painter born in Thebes in 1814. He studied in Munich and became known for large paintings of the Greek War of Independence, which helped shape Greek national memory. He died in Munich in 1878.
