Newstead Abbey
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Newstead Abbey, in Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire, England, was formerly an Augustinian priory. Converted to a domestic home following the dissolution of the monasteries, it is now best known as the ance
A view of the Abbey from its east side
Newstead Abbey in 1880.
Newstead Abbey in 2012
Newstead Abbey in 2019
Epitaph to a Dog
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"Epitaph to a Dog" is a poem by the British poet Lord Byron. It was written in 1808 in honour of his Landseer dog, Boatswain, who had just died of rabies.
Newstead Abbey
…died of rabies in 1808. Boatswain was buried at Newstead Abbey and has a monument larger than his master's. The upper inscription, from Byron's poem Epitaph to a Dog, has become one of his best-known works, despite in actuality being written by Byron's friend, John Hobhouse: Byron had wanted to be buried with…
Boatswain's Monument at Newstead Abbey
A Landseer dog, the breed Byron eulogized, painted by Edwin Henry Landseer, 1802–1873
The poem as inscribed on Boatswain's monument
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron by Richard Westall