Plate 4

William and George Audsley

32 x 22.5 cm.

Beckwith, Victorian Bibliomania catalogue no. 31

Source: Byron's The Prisoner of Chillon

Collection: John Hay Library, Brown University

Lord Byron's The Prisoner of Chillon, first published in 1816, relates the tale of a prisoner of conscience shackled with his two brothers in the dungeon of the famous Swiss medieval castle. The narrator is the eldest brother, and the only survivor. [continued below]

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