Frederick George Byron Frederick George Byron Frederick George Byron (1764 – 1792), was an English amateur artist and caricaturist, and an uncle of the poet the 6th Lord Byron. Many of his works are unsigned and have frequently been attributed to other artists; in particular some of his works closely resemble those of Thomas Rowlandson. He made numerous plates for William Holland, between 1788-91, see the Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires Preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum. Byron exhibited at the Society of Artists of Great Britain in 1791. His large plates of France from 1790
Lord Byron in popular culture plays con-man/thief-turned-FBI consultant Neal Caffrey, working under cover as substitute English teacher Mr. Cooper. During a class, Mr. Cooper has the class close their books and then recites Lord Byron's poem, "She Walks In Beauty"... Byron was the subject of a 1908 play, "Byron", by Alicia Ramsey, and its 1922 film adaptation "A Prince of Lovers", in which he was played by Howard Gaye. Tom Stoppard's play "Arcadia" revolves around a modern researcher's attempts to find out what made Byron leave the country, while Howard Brenton's play "Bloody Poetry" features Byron, in addition to Polidori, the Shelleys and Claire Clairmont.