The Dancing Bear
One fact many people know about Byron is that he kept a bear whilst at university. Having been forbidden to keep dogs, he found there was no law mentioning bears. "I have got a new friend, the finest in the world, a tame bear. When I brought him here, they asked me what to do with him, and my reply was, ‘he should sit for a fellowship’" Upon graduating, he took the bear with him to Newstead Abbey, where it joined a tame wolf and other creatures 36x28x18cm Porcelain with Gold Lustre |
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