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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage - Italy

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Childe Harold's Pilgrimage – Italy
ArtistJ. M. W. Turner
Year1832
TypeOil on canvas, Landscape painting
Dimensions142.2 cm × 248.3 cm (56.0 in × 97.8 in)
LocationTate Britain, London

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage – Italy is an 1832 landscape painting by the British artist J. M. W. Turner. It depicts a scene from the poem Childe Harold's Pilgrimage by Lord Byron. Turner possibly drew some inspiration from his friend Charles Lock Eastlake's 1827 painting Lord Byron's Dream.[1] It also reflects the influence of the seventeenth century artist Claude Lorrain.[2]

It was exhibited at the Royal Academy's Summer Exhibition at Somerset House. It was extremely popular with visitors, but critics were unflattering about its use of colour.[3] Is now part of the collection of Tate Britain, having been part of the Turner Bequest in 1856.

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  1. ^ Heffernan p.344
  2. ^ Pfister p.60
  3. ^ "Italy', Joseph Mallord William Turner, exhibited 1832". Tate. 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2024.

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