“You shall have one of the pictures. I wish you to send the
proof of ‘Lara’ to Mr. Moore, 33, Bury-street, to-night, as he leaves town tomorrow, and wishes to see it before he goes*; and
I am also willing to have the benefit of his remarks.
Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
Irish poet and biographer, author of the
Irish Melodies (1807-34),
The Fudge Family in Paris (1818), and
Lalla
Rookh (1817); he was Byron's close friend and designated biographer.
John Murray II (1778-1843)
The second John Murray began the
Quarterly Review in 1809 and
published works by Scott, Byron, Austen, Crabbe, and other literary notables.
