Lord Byron in Albanian Dress

Lord Byron in Albanian Dress is an oil on canvas portrait painting by the English artist Thomas Phillips, from 1813.

[1][2][3] It depicts the poet Lord Byron in the traditional Albanian costume including a Fustanella.

Byron had travelled widely across Europe before returning to Britain where the success of his Childe Harold's Pilgrimage made him a celebrity.

[6] Today the work is part of the Government Art Collection and hangs in the British Embassy in Athens, due to Byron's close association with the Greek War of Independence.

[7] An 1835 version by Phillips, based on the original but focused on head and shoulders, is now in the National Portrait Gallery in London.

1835 version by Phillips in the National Portrait Gallery .