Stunning artwork by David Elliot commemorates Lord Byron

Posted: Friday May 24, 2024

In a wonderful collaboration with Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature to commemorate the bicentenary of Lord Byon’s death, Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature was thrilled to contribute an original piece of art by Ōtepoti’s award-winning illustrator and writer David Elliot.

David's artwork, a stunning black and white pastel with coloured acrylic gel accents, brings to life the haunting tale of the Black Friar of Newstead Abbey, Byron’s ancestral home, a place of eerie, captivating history which inspired much of his poetry.

This intriguing piece will be displayed throughout 2024 at Newstead Abbey located in Nottinghamshire, England, hung in Lord Byron’s dressing room, seemingly just the place a ghostly Friar might like to float. The piece will be returned to Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature at the end of the year and gifted for permanent display in our City Library.

Listen to David talking about this commission on Write Spot with OAR FM here: Write Spot with Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature - 06-12-2023 - Illustrator and Writer - David Elliot (accessmedia.nz)

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