Lot 217
Byron, Lord George Gordon. Autograph Check Signed ("Byron"), 3¼ x 7¾ in., Newstead Abbey, Nottingham, Jan. 10, 1812. To J[ohn] Hanson Esq[ui]re, 6 Chancery Lane, London. "Sir Please to pay to Mr. Mealey or bearer the sum of fifty pounds for your very obd.t servt. Byron." Embossed revenue stamp at upper left. Light soiling; some show-through from endorsements on verso. In 1812 the first two cantos of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage were published. It is also the year in which he began his affair with the married Lady Caroline Lamb.
Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,500.
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| Realized $1,680 |
